The Adventure of Panda and Friends: The Circus in the Rain
Japan
1973
Schedule/Ticket
Adult ¥1,400
Student ¥1,000
Under 19 ¥500
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03.16(Sat)11:5013:05Cine Wind
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03.19(Tue)14:3015:45Cine Wind
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Introduction
Mimiko lives with her unique family of herself and 2 pandas, Papanda and Pan! One day two men from the circus come searching for a baby tiger, Tora. They track down pawprints into Mimiko’s home and sneak in hoping to find their escaped animal. They are frightened when Papanda and Pan show up out of nowhere! Mimiko is excited to see ‘Burglars’ for the first time and greet them, only to watch them run away frantically. Mimiko and the pandas are confused but decide to forget about it and eat dinner. Pan finds that his dinner that was on the table is missing and finds traces of his things being touched. Following the foot steps, he ends up finding the missing Tora hiding in his bed!
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Director
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Isao Takahata
Born in 1935 in Mie Prefecture, Japan. After graduating from The University of Tokyo with a degree in French literature, he joined Toei Animation Company. He debuted as a director with the animated TV series KEN, THE WILD BOY (1963 – 1965), and directed his first animated feature film, THE LITTLE NORSE PRINCE VALIANT (1968). He left Toei in 1971 and worked at various studios and directed TV series including HEIDI A GIRL OF THE ALPS (1974), MARCO, FROM THE APENNINES TO THE ANDES (1976), and ANNE OF GREEN GABLES (1979), and feature films such as DOWNTOWN STORY (1981) and GAUCHE THE CELLIST (1981).
Takahata co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985 with Hayao Miyazaki, and has directed five feature films since: GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988), ONLY YESTERDAY (1991), POM POKO (1994), which received the Feature Film Prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 1995, MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS (1999), which was chosen by The Museum of Modern Art in New York for its film collection, the first Japanese animated feature film to be so honored, and his latest film, THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA (2013), nominated for the 2014 Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. He served as producer for Hayao Miyazaki’s films NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984) and CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986), and artistic producer for Michael Dudok de Wit’s THE RED TURTLE (2016).
In 1998, Takahata received Japan’s Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon. He was awarded with the Honorific Leopard at the 2009 Locarno International Film Festival and the Special Cristal Award for lifetime achievement at the 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. In April 2015, He received the “Officier” of the Order of Arts and Letters, France. He received the 2015 Winsor McCay Award of the Annie Awards. On April 5, 2018, Takahata passed away at the age of 82.
Schedule/Ticket
Adult ¥1,400
Student ¥1,000
Under 19 ¥500
-
03.16(Sat)11:5013:05Cine Wind
-
03.19(Tue)14:3015:45Cine Wind