Joe Hisaishi

Joe Hisaishi

Nascimento : 1950-12-06, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

História

Joe Hisaishi is a Japanese composer and director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981. While possessing a stylistically distinct sound, his music has been known to explore and incorporate different genres.

Perfil

Joe Hisaishi
Joe Hisaishi

Filmes

O Menino e a Garça
Original Music Composer
Depois de perder a mãe durante a guerra, o jovem Mahito muda-se para a propriedade de sua família no campo. Lá, uma série de eventos misteriosos o levam a uma torre antiga e isolada, lar de uma travessa garça cinzenta. Quando a nova madrasta de Mahito desaparece, ele segue a garça até a torre e entra num mundo fantástico partilhado pelos vivos e pelos mortos. Ao embarcar em uma jornada épica com a garça como guia, Mahito deve descobrir os segredos deste mundo e a verdade sobre si mesmo.
Spirited Away: Live on Stage
Original Music Composer
The gorgeous Spirited Away stage play is getting a theatrical release from GKids. The movie version of the play was filmed during the production’s 2022 run at the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo. Based on the critically-acclaimed Studio Ghibli film of the same name, Spirited Away tells the story of a young girl named Chihiro who finds herself trapped in a mysterious bath house inhabited by spirits; her parents have also been sucked into the spirit world, and so Chihiro must save them (and herself) and return to the human world. The stage production uses puppets and practical effects to recreate the movie’s iconic characters and beautiful visuals.
Joe Hisaishi in Concert: Paris Philharmonie
Music
Japanese pianist and composer Joe Hisaishi conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Philharmonie de Paris, performing his Symphony No. 2, an arrangement of a piece from Ponyo (2008) and a symphonic suite based on the score of Princess Mononoke (1997), two iconic and acclaimed films by Hayao Miyazaki.
Joe Hisaishi in Concert: Paris Philharmonie
Musician
Japanese pianist and composer Joe Hisaishi conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Philharmonie de Paris, performing his Symphony No. 2, an arrangement of a piece from Ponyo (2008) and a symphonic suite based on the score of Princess Mononoke (1997), two iconic and acclaimed films by Hayao Miyazaki.
Joe Hisaishi in Concert: Paris Philharmonie
Conductor
Japanese pianist and composer Joe Hisaishi conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Philharmonie de Paris, performing his Symphony No. 2, an arrangement of a piece from Ponyo (2008) and a symphonic suite based on the score of Princess Mononoke (1997), two iconic and acclaimed films by Hayao Miyazaki.
Joe Hisaishi in Concert: Paris Philharmonie
Self - Conductor
Japanese pianist and composer Joe Hisaishi conducts the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg at the Philharmonie de Paris, performing his Symphony No. 2, an arrangement of a piece from Ponyo (2008) and a symphonic suite based on the score of Princess Mononoke (1997), two iconic and acclaimed films by Hayao Miyazaki.
Dear Alice
Music
What if we created a future for ourselves that was full of optimism and positivity? “Dear Alice” is a love letter from a grandmother to a granddaughter and an optimistic vision of the future of farming. It’s a nostalgic look towards a new era of agriculture, with beautifully crafted backgrounds, delicate animation and a completely unique score by long-time Ghibli composer (and absolute legend) Joe Hisaishi. (Yeah, we can’t believe this happened either). It’s not a perfect utopia, but a version of a future we can all reach if we just decide to put in the work.
コンサート2021 in ザ・シンフォニーホール
A Summer Trip
Original Music Composer
It is the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics but in one small town in southern China ZHANG Dachuan, a veteran of the 1950s Korean war, is either lost in memories or picking up after his son’s family since they are too busy with work to pay much attention to their home and even their own son Xiaosong, a westernised kid who is entering his difficult teen years. When Dachaun is invited to attend the funeral of an old comrade-in-arms, he secretly decides to journey to Beijing. And Xiaosong invites himself on the trip to avoid studying… And so starts a memorable experience for an old man and his grandson who hit the road and experience a clash of generations and values in various laughter-filled misadventures where one prefers old-fashioned values and the other modern conveniences. As our two travelling companions enjoy the beauty of the landscape they learn lessons in filial piety and loyalty that will bring them together.
Ni no Kuni
Original Music Composer
Dois adolescentes encaram uma aventura mágica para salvar sua amiga Kotona em outro mundo. Mas o amor complica a missão.
Kaijuu no Kodomo
Original Music Composer
Ruka é uma jovem garota cujos pais são separados e cujo pai trabalha em um aquário. Quando dois meninos, Umi e Sora, que foram criados no mar por dugongos, são levados ao aquário, Ruka se sente atraída por eles e começa a perceber que ela tem o mesmo tipo de conexão sobrenatural com o oceano que eles. O poder especial de Umi e Sora parece estar conectado a eventos estranhos que ocorrem cada vez mais frequentemente, como o aparecimento de criaturas marinhas longe de seu território e o desaparecimento de animais de aquário em todo o mundo. No entanto, a natureza exata do poder dos meninos e dos eventos anormais é desconhecida, e Ruka é atraída para investigar o mistério que cerca seus novos amigos.
The Songs of Studio Ghibli
Self
Fique por dentro de alguns dos filmes mais famosos do Studio Ghibli, juntamente com as músicas que até hoje encantam gerações, interpretadas por estrelas e artistas populares do J-pop que trabalharam com o Studio Ghibli ao longo dos anos. Se divirta com performances divertidas e emocionantes que homenageiam seus filmes favoritos, ouça histórias raras sobre Hayao Miyazaki e aprenda sobre a história de Isao Takahata e como ele se tornou um dos maiores tesouros do Japão. Filmado na exposição Ghibli Expo -From Nausicaä to Marnie- do Museu de Arte da Prefeitura de Hiroshima, este programa de 45 minutos está repleto da magia Ghibli , incluindo cenas famosas de suas obras favoritas da empresa.
What a Wonderful Family! 3
Original Music Composer
At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen her secret money she kept hidden in the refrigerator.
Boro the Caterpillar
Original Music Composer
Just before dawn, Boro the Caterpillar hatched from an egg among patches of scrub grass. Looking around for the first time, he noticed the brilliance of the morning sun and a deliciousness in the air. Boro lowered himself down to the ground from the groundsel, and stepped out into the world of caterpillars and caterpillars' enemies.
Till the End of the World
Original Music Composer
Após sofrer um acidente em uma remota região da Antártida, dois pesquisadores precisam lutar para sobreviver. E os dois, de mundos complemente diferentes, acabam descobrindo uma forte ligação. Mas o amor pode levá-los a uma difícil escolha.
Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Self
The music of iconic Studio Ghibli films featuring Joe Hisaishi’s celebrated scores will be performed live by the Paris-based symphony orchestra and choir Orchestre et Chœur Lamoureux at two concerts in June 2017 at the Palais des Congrès de Paris. With its international premiere, JOE HISAISHI SYMPHONIC CONCERT: MUSIC FROM THE STUDIO GHIBLI FILMS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI explores the collaborative relationship between music and storytelling, blending music and visuals to celebrate the long partnership between Joe Hisaishi and Academy Award-winner Hayao Miyazaki (2002 Animated Feature Film for Spirited Away and 2014 Honorary Award).
What a Wonderful Family! 2
Original Music Composer
Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old to drive, Shuzo takes his old schoolmate for a spin after carousing. Soon, a new disturbance arises for the Hirata family. Veteran director Yamada Yoji continues his comedy about the “perfect“ Japanese family turned upside down in chaos, laughters and understanding. This time, with an additional taste of death.
What a Wonderful Family!
Original Music Composer
Uma família japonesa perfeita. No dia de seu aniversário a matriarca pede um presente: o divórcio! Importante: RAKUGO-Comédia "Stand-Up" japonesa, onde um único comediante faz monólogos e interpreta vários personagens de uma história. Tem suas origens no séc. XVII. NATTÔ-Alimento com grãos de soja fermentados, com textura bastante viscosa e de forte cheiro. É um alimento consumido há séculos pelos japoneses e chineses, oferecendo excelentes propriedades no combate a doenças cardiovasculares.
Those of the Treetops and Heaven
Music
A young boy, living in a village on a giant tree, falls into the depths of the forest where he meets two indigenous beings who will help him return home.
Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Self
For his first film in fourteen years animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of "The Tale of the Princess Kaguya". A dream project for the director that would hopefully establish the recently formed Ghibli Studio 7, created to meet the demands of a new type of modern animation process. But almost immediately the epic production is faced with difficulties and falls dramatically behind schedule. In this compelling and insightful documentary we follow Isao Takahata and his dedicated team of artists as they frantically strive against adversity to make their vision a reality and bring Studio Ghibli into a new Era.
Snow on The Blades
Original Music Composer
At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and annihilated. Bearing the responsibility and shame for this failure is Shimura Kingo, master swordsman and chief of the guard. Forbidden to take his own life in atonement, he is instead tasked with hunting down the remaining assassins; however, fate intervenes and now only one is left. Devoted to his late lord and his duty, he relentlessly pursues the sole remaining assassin for the next thirteen years. But times are changing in Japan and the way of the sword has become outlawed. What does this mean for Kingo?
The Little House
Original Music Composer
Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which the old lady has recorded her memories. This is how he learns the truth about her youth working as a housemaid and nanny for the Hirai family in a little house in Tokyo with a red gabled roof.
O Conto da Princesa Kaguya
Original Music Composer
Esta animação é baseada no conto popular japonês "O corte do bambu". Kaguya era um minúsculo bebê quando foi encontrada dentro de um tronco de bambu brilhante. Passado o tempo, ela se transforma em uma bela jovem que passa a ser cobiçada por 5 nobres, dentre eles, o próprio Imperador. Mas nenhum deles é o que ela realmente quer. A moça envia seus pretendentes em tarefas aparentemente impossíveis para tentar evitar o casamento com um estranho que não ama. Mas Kaguya terá que enfrentar seu destino e punição por suas escolhas.
Estúdio Ghibli, Reino de Sonhos e Loucura
Self
Situado em um subúrbio de Tóquio, o Estúdio Ghibli parece um modesto prédio de escritórios. Mas por trás de suas portas trabalham diariamente alguns dos maiores talentos criativos do cinema japonês. São as mentes por trás de filmes como A Viagem de Chihiro, Meu Amigo Totoro, Princesa Mononoke e Ponyo: Uma amizade que Veio do Mar. Este documentário nos leva para dentro do estúdio, seguindo de perto o trabalho do produtor Toshio Suzuki e dos mestres Hayao Miyazaki e Isao Takahata. Durante as filmagens, Miyazaki trabalha em seu filme Vidas ao vento e Takahata em O Conto da Princesa Kaguya.
Miracle Apples
Original Music Composer
Akinori Kimura (Sadao Abe) and his wife Mieko (Miho Kanno) opens an apple orchard in their hometown of Hirosaki in Aomori Prefecture. Due to Meiko's allergic reaction to pesticides, Akinori Kimura has to grow his apples without the aid of chemicals. Because of this challenge, his family endures hardships and suffers severe financial difficulties. Akinori Kimura even contemplates suicide. A miracle then happens...
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Music
The giant squid is a creature of legend and myth which, even in the 21st century, has never been seen alive. But now, an international team of scientists thinks it has finally found its lair, 1,000 metres down, off the coast of Japan. This is the culmination of decades of research. The team deploys underwater robots and state-of-the-art submersible vessels for a world first - to find and film the impossible.
Tokyo Family
Original Music Composer
An aging couple decide to leave their quiet lives in the country to pay a visit to their children and grandchildren in Tokyo. Once there, they discover that neither their oldest son, a doctor named Koichi, nor their eldest daughter Shigeko - who runs a beauty parlour - has time for them: both are too busy attending to their everyday concerns. Even the youngest son went his own way. The old couple feel lonely and bewildered in the fast-paced metropolis.
Sweetheart Chocolate
Music
The movie features a tragic love story involving three main characters and spanning two decades. Lin plays an exchange student from Shanghai named Yue Lin. Ikeuchi plays a ski patrol member she meets in Yubari, Hokkaido.
Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
Original Music Composer
A chronicle of the life of Yasui Santetsu, a 17th century master of go who turned his attention to astronomy and created a new calendar for Japan. Based on the life of Santetsu Yasui (December 27, 1639-November 1, 1715), appointed as the first official astronomer in the Edo Period and would go on to create the Jokyo calendar at the imperial request.
Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Original Music Composer
In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two reasons: firstly, to learn about the experiences of Nagaoka's inhabitants, and secondly, to watch a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend, which depicts the bombing of the city during WWII.
Rest on Your Shoulder
Original Music Composer
In an unspecified time when epidemics run rampant, botanist Yan Guo and his fiance-assistant Baobao move to Moon Island, a nature reserve, to research the curing properties of rare plants. As is customary, they pray to the magical Eros Tree to cement their love, unaware that they have to undergo a severe trial, in which Baobao must remain unseen to Yan for three years in exchange for his life.
Balas em Fúria
Original Music Composer
Situado na China durante a guerra de 1920, o notório chefe dos bandidos Zhang desce sobre uma remota cidade da província se passando por seu novo prefeito, uma identidade que ele havia sequestrado de Old Tang, ele próprio um impostor de pequeno porte. Determinado a ganhar dinheiro rápido, Zhang logo encontra seu par na tirânica nobreza local Huang, enquanto uma batalha mortal de inteligência e brutalidade se inicia.
Sr. Massa e a Princesa Ovo
Original Music Composer
Pandane to tamago hime é a história da pequena Menina Ovo que é forçada a servir a bruxa maléfica Baba Yaga. Mas depois de uma bolha de massa ganha vida, ela faz amizade com ele e ambos escapam da casa da bruxa num moinho de água sobre um penhasco e partiram para ver o mundo.
Villain
Original Music Composer
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Ocean Heaven
Original Music Composer
A história do amor incansável de um pai pelo seu filho autista. Uma pessoa em cada mil nasce com autismo; como consequência, a China tem 1 milhão de pacientes autistas. Dafu é um deles: parece distraído, repete o que as pessoas lhe dizem, nada com maestria, mantém tudo em casa em lugares determinados e talvez não esteja totalmente ciente da morte de sua mãe, ocorrida há alguns anos. Trabalhando em um aquário, Sam Wong mostra extremo cuidado e carinho com seu filho de 22 anos. Com a generosa ajuda de seus vizinhos, os dois vivem prosperamente. Porém, Wong compreende muito bem que um dia deixará o mundo e seu filho ficará sozinho. O que ele ainda não descobriu é que esse dia pode estar mais perto do que imagina.
A Tale of Ululu's Wonderful Forest
Original Music Composer
A brother and sister leave the big city to live with their veterinarian father when their mother is hospitalized. As they are adjusting to their new life filled with natural beauty, they adopt an abandoned puppy. When it is discovered that the puppy is actually a wolf, they choose to return the baby wolf to its mother in the forest rather than let it live a life in captivity.
Joe Hisaishi in Budokan - Making of the Concert: The Big Screen
Joe Hisaishi in Budokan - Making of the Concert: The Big Screen
Sunny and the Elephant
Original Music Composer
The story of a young city boy wanting to become the mahout, the elephant driver. Despite his master's belief that only karen tribe people are born to be mahouts, the lad finally wins his heart and becomes a real mahout.
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Original Music Composer
1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with his wife Fusae and their five-year-old son. Eventually, though, the army beckons and he is drafted. One day an officer on the battle-field orders him to kill a captive U.S. soldier. Although Toyomatsu lacks the spirit to kill the man, and only wounds him in the arm, the victorious U.S. soldiers will not accept this, and Toyomatsu is arrested and tried as a war-criminal. And he receives the cruelest sentence possible...
A Partida
Original Music Composer
Kobayashi casou-se e pensou em viver em Tóquio como violoncelista em uma orquestra, mas a falta de público levou sua equipe ao fim. Sem saber o que fazer, o rapaz decide voltar para sua cidade natal e tentar conseguir um emprego; procurando no jornal se interessa por um anúncio que oferece bom pagamento e pouco trabalho, ser um "nokanshi", coisa que ele desconhecia. É contratado imediatamente na sua entrevista de emprego e se assusta ao descobrir que seu novo trabalho é preparar mortos para a família prestar a última homenagem.
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Music Arranger
Concerto realizado no Nippon Budōkan Hall em Tóquio a 4, 5 e 6 de Agosto de 2008 para celebrar tanto o lançamento teatral japonês de Ponyo à Beira-Mar (2008) como 25 anos de colaboração musical entre o compositor Joe Hisaishi e o cineasta Hayao Miyazaki.
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Conductor
Concerto realizado no Nippon Budōkan Hall em Tóquio a 4, 5 e 6 de Agosto de 2008 para celebrar tanto o lançamento teatral japonês de Ponyo à Beira-Mar (2008) como 25 anos de colaboração musical entre o compositor Joe Hisaishi e o cineasta Hayao Miyazaki.
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Music
Concerto realizado no Nippon Budōkan Hall em Tóquio a 4, 5 e 6 de Agosto de 2008 para celebrar tanto o lançamento teatral japonês de Ponyo à Beira-Mar (2008) como 25 anos de colaboração musical entre o compositor Joe Hisaishi e o cineasta Hayao Miyazaki.
25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert
Self - Conductor
Concerto realizado no Nippon Budōkan Hall em Tóquio a 4, 5 e 6 de Agosto de 2008 para celebrar tanto o lançamento teatral japonês de Ponyo à Beira-Mar (2008) como 25 anos de colaboração musical entre o compositor Joe Hisaishi e o cineasta Hayao Miyazaki.
Ponyo à Beira-Mar
Original Music Composer
Um garoto de 5 anos chamado Sosuke fica amigo de uma princesa peixinho-dourado chamada Ponyo, que quer desesperadamente virar humana.
Mari E Os Seus Três Filhotes
Original Music Composer
É um filme japonês de 2007 dirigido por Ryuichi Inomata. Foi lançado nos cinemas japoneses em 8 de dezembro de 2007. É baseado em uma história verdadeira no terremoto de Chūetsu em 2004. Essa história foi relatada com frequência na mídia e também transformada em livro.
The Sun Also Rises
Original Music Composer
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
Original Music Composer
Ye Rutang (Siqin Gaowa), a single-living woman in her late fifties, struggles to maintain a dignified life amid the dangers of Shanghai.
A Batalha dos Deuses
Original Music Composer
O filme conta a fantástica aventura de um monge chamado Taka (conhecido por trazer os sagrados sutras budistas da Índia para a China) e seus três discípulos. No caminho da cidade de Shache, o monge consegue escapar do ataque de um grupo de demônios, mas seus discípulos não. Enquanto pensava em um jeito de salvá-los, ele é capturado pelo rei dos répteis e colocado sob vigilância de Meiyan, um horrível demônio em figura de mulher que acaba se apaixonando por Taka. Felizmente, uma princesa de outra galáxia salva o monge, e faz com que Meiyan os persiga insistentemente. Emocionado ainda mais essa incrível aventura, Meiyan decide ajudar o seu amado e se junta à princesa para salvar os três discípulos de Taka.
Yamato
Original Music Composer
Em abril de 1945, Yamato, o maior e mais poderoso navio de guerra do mundo, parte em uma missão suicida, deixando para trás sua cidade natal onde as cerejeiras estavam no ápice da florada. O único desejo dos aproximadamente 3000 tripulantes a bordo era proteger seus entes queridos, suas famílias, amigos e seu país. Para filmar esta obra-prima, foram gastos mais de 600 milhões de yens na construção de um cenário que é a réplica exata dos 190 metros da proa à popa do Yamato, algo sem precendentes na história cinematográfica japonesa. Um elenco de astros japoneses sob a direção de Junya sato dá vida à história original de Jun Henmi (Otokotachino Yamato).
A Wish to the Moon: Joe Hisaishi & 9 Cellos 2003 Etude & Encore Tour
Self
Joe Hisaishi will handle a variety of film music, this simple structure of 9 Cello and piano, the concert live recording made at the Tokyo Opera City. Album "ENCORE" "ETUDE ~ a Wish to the Moon" was presented to the best live songs from the heart Joe Hisaishi from the concert tour was held in March 2003, recording the concert was held at Tokyo Opera City on April 16.
Bem Vindo à Aldeia
Original Music Composer
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
Self - Interviewee
Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata ("Grave of The Fireflies," "The Tale of Princess Kaguya") creating a bonanza for producer/prexy Toshio Suzuki. Generously adorned with clips from their films and their influences, the docu follows Ghibli's arc from a mid-'60s rebellion against working conditions at Toei Co. to its present powerhouse position, complete with public fun park. All interviews are illuminating, but Miyazaki is teasingly confined to pic's tete-a-tete finale with esteemed French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Meeting of the wizened European, whose imprint is on films from "Blade Runner" to "The Fifth Element," and the apparently relaxed Nipponese helmer makes an interesting contrast, and will be of special interest to Francophiles. All credits are impeccable
O Castelo Andante
Original Music Composer
Uma jovem mulher chamada Sophie é amaldiçoada por uma bruxa e transforma-se numa mulher velha e não é capaz de contar a ninguém a sua situação. Impossibilitada de continuar o seu trabalho na loja da sua mãe, ela vai para o castelo andante do famoso feiticeiro Howl. Sophie fica amiga de Calcifer, o demónio de fogo que governa o castelo e que está ligado a Howl por um contrato, cujos termos Calcifer não pode revelar. Prometem ajudar-se mutuamente. Tal como Calcifer, Howl também pode ver através do feitiço da bruxa e ele e Sophie apaixonam-se.
A Última Espada
Original Music Composer
Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town clan, he is forced by the love for his family to leave for the city in search of higher pay to support them.
Dolls
Original Music Composer
"Dolls" é baseado no teatro milenar bunraku, em que pessoas com vestes negras manipulam bonecos no palco. Através disto, o diretor Takeshi Kitano, nos conta três tristes e arrebatadoras histórias de amor, O jovem Matsumoto, abandona sua namorada Sawako, para casar-se com a filha do chefe, mas quando sua ex tenta se matar, larga tudo para viver com ela de forma miserável. Nukui, é fã da cantora pop Haruna Yamaguchi, e quando ela sofre um acidente que lhe deforma o rosto, ele toma uma drástica decisão para confortá-la. Hiro, abandona a mulher para trabalhar com a máfia japonesa e, trinta anos mais tarde, tenta reencontrar seu grande amor.
Original Music Composer
The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction
Original Music Composer
Kusoh no kikai-tachi no naka no hakai no hatsumei is an animated short wirtten and directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Ghibli. It's a Ghibli Museum exclusive.
Máquinas de vôo imaginárias
Original Music Composer
Kuso no Sora Tobu Kikaitachi (Imaginary Flying Machines) é uma curta-metragem de animação japonesa de 2002 produzida pelo Studio Ghibli para o seu uso quase exclusivo no Museu Ghibli. Ele apresenta o diretor Hayao Miyazaki como o narrador, na forma de um porco humanóide, reminiscência de Porco do filme Porco Rosso, contando as histórias de vôo e as muitas máquinas imaginadas para alcançá-lo.
Mei and the Kittenbus
Original Music Composer
Mei has an adventure with a Kittenbus and her relatives. Totoro appears.
Tom Thumb
Music
Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale "Le petit poucet" by Charles Perrault.
Quartet
Screenplay
"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.
Quartet
Original Music Composer
"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.
Quartet
Director
"Quartet" tells the story of four young musicians as they form a string quartet and pursue fame.
A Viagem de Chihiro
Original Music Composer
Chihiro é uma menina de 10 anos e está em mudanças com a família, para uma nova casa nos subúrbios, quando o seu pai decide ir por um atalho, uma estrada escura e isolada. Depois de saírem do carro e entrar a pé numa pequena vereda, descobrem um restaurante ao ar livre, com muita comida, mas sem empregador ou clientes. Os pais não hesitam e sentam-se, mas Chihiro pressente o perigo e recusa. À medida que a noite avança, Chihiro está aterrorizada por ver em todo a lado caras medonhas de espíritos e formas que se animam...
Brother - A Máfia Japonesa Yakuza em Los Angeles
Original Music Composer
Yamamoto, um yakuza cuja família foi dizimada numa guerra de gangues, é obrigado a sair do país. Depois de ser exilado para os Estados Unidos, ele procura o irmão adotado em Los Angeles e é acolhido pelo clã dele: juntos, eles vão enfurecer um dos sindicatos criminosos mais poderosos da cidade.
Scenes by the Sea: Takeshi Kitano
First major English-language documentary profile of the cult Japanese actor/director, Takeshi Kitano. Featuring interviews with many of his regular contributors and colleagues, the film explores Kitano's rise from working-class poverty to superstar of Japanese radio, TV, comedy and journalism, and follows the making of his US-Japanese gangster film, 'Brother'.
As the River Flows
Music
2000 live-action Japanese film.
First Love
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This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.
Verão Feliz
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É verão e o pequeno Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) não tem com quem brincar. O cinquentão Kikujiro (Takeshi Kitano) jamais seria a companhia ideal para um garoto de nove anos de idade: é impaciente, arrogante e gosta de mandar nos outros. Mas os dois saem em busca da mãe que Masao nunca conheceu, numa viagem que mostrará que a realidade não é nada sem a magia.
Diary of Early Winter Shower
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Takanosuke Ushio and Tae Horikawa are unable to forget each other, even though they met and fell in love 20 years ago. They had promised each other that they would build a retreat in Shiguretei, but Ushio was hospitalized after a stroke a few days later, and when his wife, Takako, rushed to the hospital, she discovered their love affair, which in reality had not gone beyond kissing. Now, 20 years later, against the advice of her ikebana mentor, Tae rushes to meet Ushio at Shiguretei, only to see him clutching his chest in pain. Eventually, the design and plans for the dream retreat are seen by Tae, but she has to visit Kyoto alone... or maybe she's heading for somewhere else.
The Birth of Princess Mononoke
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Mononoke Hime wa koushite umareta, also known as The Making of "Princess Mononoke", is a three-tape VHS video boxed set (total length 6 hours 40 minutes) released in Japan at the end of 1997. Re-released on DVD
Hana-Bi - Fogos de Artifício
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O detetive Nishi tem sua vida abalada após descobrir que sua mulher tem uma doença terminal; seu parceiro é baleado e ficará para sempre em uma cadeira de rodas. O policial começa a se sentir responsável pelo sofrimento dos dois e decide sair da polícia e pegar um grande empréstimo com a máfia para dar um pouco de conforto aos que estão à sua volta. Para pagar o empréstimo, Nishi arquitetará um plano que mudará o curso de sua vida.
A Princesa Mononoke
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Ashitaka é o jovem guerreiro do clã Emishi que é amaldiçoado ao defender a sua aldeia de um demónio criado pela violência humana. Assim, viaja até à região controlada pelo clã Tatara na esperança de compreender a maldição que lhe fora posta, antes que esta o mate. O que Ashitaka vai encontrar é um conflito entre os humanos e os deuses da floresta. Apanhado no meio do conflito, Ashitaka conhece San, a Princesa Mononoke. Criada por lobos, Mononoke fará tudo o que puder para acabar com os humanos que ameaçam a floresta
Parasite Eve
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Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant.
Os Rapazes Regressam
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Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
Turning Point
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A middle-aged journalist looking to make her big break. After working the same beat on the "women's page", Yumiko gets promoted to editorials.
Samurai Kids
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A special effects filled fantasy adventure, in which an 8 year old boy encounters an ancient samurai warrior who is only six inches tall.
Adrenalina Máxima
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Murakawa é um típico representante da Yakuza, um gângster violento, impiedoso e urbano, morador de Tóquio. Poucos poderiam imaginar, mas ele está cansado de seu estilo de vida. Uma oportunidade de mudança de ares, porém, acaba surgindo. Seus serviços são requisitados para dar reforço a um bando sediado na ilha de Okinawa, ao sul do arquipélago japonês. Nestes dois momentos da vida de Murakawa, entre a crueza do ambiente das grandes cidades e a impávida tranquilidade do mar, estão representadas as forças que lutam dentro do coração do homem.
Haruka, Nostalgia
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Na década de 1980, um popular escritor de meia-idade visita a vila da sua terra natal à beira-mar. Aqui, ele conhece uma garota que se parece com a mulher que ele amou, e relembra velhas memórias. Por outro lado, ele anda pela cidade com uma garota com uma personalidade ligeiramente excêntrica e conta histórias de partir o coração uma por uma. Uma obra que impressiona pelas belas paisagens e ambiente misterioso de uma cidade à beira-mar.
The Rocking Horsemen
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It is 1965. High-school student Takeyoshi Fujiwara hears "Pipeline" by the Ventures, and is mesmerized by their unique sound. With three friends, he forms a band called "The Rocking Horsemen." A warm and comic glimpse into high-school and small-town life in Japan in the 60's.
Porco Rosso - O Porquinho Voador
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A Primeira Guerra Mundial acabou. Muitos aviadores viraram-se para a pirataria aérea, na qual emerge um herói; Porco Rosso, um homem com uma cabeça de porco, antes conhecido por Marco Pagot. Quando é desafiado por Curtis, um americano que voa com os piratas, Porco Rosso é forçado a defender a sua honra contra o recém-chegado, o que o leva até a Fio Piccolo, uma jovem engenheira cheia de vida que reconstrói o avião de Porco para o grande combate.
O Mar Mais Silencioso Daquele Verão
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Deficiente auditivo encontra uma prancha de surf no lixo, conserta-a e começa a praticar o esporte, caindo várias vezes. Mesmo com a zombaria dos surfistas que o observam, ele continua com o seu treino, até que um dia o dono de uma loja de artigos de surf, impressionado com a sua seriedade, oferece a ele um uniforme de neoprene e uma ficha de inscrição para um campeonato de surf.
Fukuzawa Yukichi
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Fukuzawa Yukichi opens a school for samurai, who aim to learn Dutch language, most common for overseas trading. But when he was in Yokohama he learned that English language is one way more global one. His struggle against patriarchal mindset leads his school to become one of the oldest universities in Japan.
Chizuko's Younger Sister
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The Kitao family is coping with the loss of the eldest daughter, Chizuko, who was killed in a freak accident the year prior. When the other daughter Mika is suddenly in a dangerous situation, Chizuko returns as a ghost to save her; reunited with her sister, Mika begins spending time with Chizuko again.
Deer Friend
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Tasmania Story
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Eiji Kawano (Kunie Tanaka) has recently broken from the Japanese company he used to work for. As an immigrant to Tasmania, he has been won over by the island's immense natural beauty, and he is conscience-bound to oppose his former employer's ecologically unsound practices. He is also estranged from his grown son, who still resides in Japan. When his son comes to Tasmania for a visit, he must face the challenge of renewing their relationship.
Network Baby
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A grieving young mother employed at a video game company is recruited to test and train a new virtual world. She finds a character in this world of fantasy who becomes her new albeit virtual daughter.
O Serviço de Entregas da Kiki
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Kiki é uma jovem bruxa que acabou de completar 13 anos. Segundo a tradição, quando atingem essa idade, todas as bruxas devem sair de casa por um ano para aprender a viver por conta própria. Ela se muda para a cidade de Korico, junto com Jiji, seu gato falante. Lá ela aprende a seguir em frente com sua vida, apesar de todas as dificuldades que possam surgir.
Venus Wars
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Em 2003 o enorme asteroíde gelado P12 colidiu-se com o planeta Vênus. O impacto varreu de Vênus a maior parte de sua densa atmosfera. E o gelo pulverizado formou vastos oceanos de ácido na superfície do planeta. Em 2018 o primeiro grupo de colonos desembarcou no continente norte, Ishtar. Isto marca o início do calendário venusiano. Ano Venusiano 072 (2089 dC): O planeta que parecia ser um novo começo para humanidade está sofrendo com o constante atrito entre suas 2 nações. Hiro, um motociclista de demolição, estava em plena corrida quando a nação de Ishtar invadiu sua cidade. Posteriormente se viu envolvido, junto com seus companheiros, na luta pela liberdade de Aphrodia (sua nação de origem).
Green Requiem
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Those Swell Yakuza
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Ryo, a young former banker, gets beaten up over a debt from gambling. A yakuza boss saves him, and Ryo decides to train to become a yakuza under him.
O Meu Vizinho Totoro
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Quando duas raparigas se mudam para o campo para estarem perto da sua mãe em convalescença, passam por aventuras com os fantásticos espíritos da floresta que vivem ali perto.
This Story of Love
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Life and love stories of stunt men and women.
Robot Carnival
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Uma antologia de vários contos. Contada em vários estilos, sendo os robôs o elemento comum entre eles.
The Drifting Classroom
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An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
Lover's Time
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Maison Ikkoku - Apartment Fantasy
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Travel into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager; Yusaku, the exam-addled college student; Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip; Kentaro, her bratty son; Akemi, the boozy bar hostess; and the mooching and peeping Mr. Yotsuya.
O Castelo no Céu
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A vida do órfão Pazu é mudada quando um dia a bela Sheeta cai literalmente do céu. À volta do pescoço ela traz um cristal brilhante, uma relíquia das poderosas Pedras de Levitação que em tempos mantiveram cidades a flutuar no ar. Apanhados numa corrida entre piratas do céu e sinistros agentes do governo, Pazu e Sheeta vão em busca de Laputa, o último dos lendários castelos no céu.
Atami Murder Case
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Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police. KUMADA is disconcerted by Denbei's position that murderers nowadays do not need a plausible motive, but gradually adapts to Denbei's unusual methods of investigation.
Arion
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O pequeno Arion vivia com sua mãe na Trácia, foi criado sem saber de sua natureza divina, pois é filho de Poseidon. Um certo dia, foi raptado por seu tio Hades e depois criado e treinado no submundo para se tornar um imbatível guerreiro e desafiar os Titãs. Já jovem consegue sair do submundo e então inicia sua luta épica contra os Titãs, descobre sua natureza e sua verdadeira origem, encontra fiéis amigos e conhece o amor.
Spring Bell
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Narumi Rokuheita and his wife Noriko spend their lives separated. Soon they start looking for love elsewhere.
Early Spring Story
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A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's romantic dream...
Warriors of the Wind
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Often credited as the reason for Studio Ghibli's strict "no cuts" policy for international releases of their works, Warriors of the Wind is a heavily-edited American version of Hayao Miyazaki's 1984 film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. In order to market the film as family-friendly, approximately 22 minutes of the original film are cut out in this version, resulting in a thoroughly altered story. Much of the original cast of characters are also renamed, including Nausicaä, who is in this version called Princess Zandra.
The Tragedy of
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A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.
Birth
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Life on apocalypse Aqualoid proceeds humorously and grandiosely; Nam's new sword starts attracting aggressive Inorganics, however, endangering him, Rasa, friends and the whole planet.
The Wizard of Oz
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An animated version of the classic story of a young farm-girl who is transported to the magical land of Oz.
Techno Police 21C
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The year is 2001 and the criminals have taken over Centinel City. The Police have lost control. The citizens are terrified... and no one can stop the madness. Even the Techno Police, a special anti-crime squad, find the situation hopeless until a wise cracking cop with an uncanny knack for out-guessing the criminals joins the force. When a powerful experiment tank is hijacked, the Techno Police and their newest recruit go to work. Equipped with an ultra-sonic car and crime-fighting Technoids, the rookie cop sets out on a death defying high-speed chase through the streets... trying to capture the crooks and trying to stay alive. But no one is aware of the awesome powers about to be unleashed.
Two Down Full Base
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Based on the children's book by Sunada Hiroshi. Musuke "Shorty" Sato is a shortstop for the local junior baseball team, the Eggs, who is asked by his mother to look after some money for her. He foolishly lends it to Tower and Dump, the school bad-boys, and must enlist the help of the pitcher's pretty little sister.