Overview
For his first film in fourteen years, animation director Isao Takahata embarked on a visually sumptuous adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter. 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.
Cast
Isao Takahata
Self
Kazuo Oga
Self
Joe Hisaishi
Self
Toshio Suzuki
Self
Hayao Miyazaki
Self
Shigeo Akahori
Self
Aki Asakura
Self
Naoko Asari
Self
Takeo Chii
Self
Isao Hashizume
Self
Hikaru Ijūin
Self
Yukiko Kakita
Self
Tamaki Kojo
Self
Kengo Kora
Self
Nobuko Miyamoto
Self
Tatsuya Nakadai
Self
Kazumi Nikaido
Self
Tomoko Tabata
Self
Atsuko Takahata
Self
Osamu Tanabe
Self
Hiroshi Tsuchida
Narrator (voice)
Ryudo Uzaki
Self
Akiko Yamaguchi
Self
Toshio Yoshikawa
Self
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Oppenheimer
Avatar
Back to the Future
Joker
Inside Out
In Time
Batman Begins
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Titanic
Inception
Ex Machina
Gone Girl
Django Unchained
Extraction
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
PK
The Shawshank Redemption
WALL·E
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri