Program

Retrospective

Anne of Green Gables

Japan

2010

Schedule/Ticket


Adult ¥1,400

Student ¥1,000

Under 19 ¥500

  • 03.19(Tue)
    12:25
    14:05
    Cine Wind
  • 03.20(Wed)
    10:00
    11:40
    Cine Wind

Introduction

“Anne of Green Gables” by L. M. Montgomery was published in 1908 and after more than a hundred years the novel has lost none of its popularity. The Japanese TV animation which aired in 1979 was a faithful visualisation of the original and was very well received.
This work “”Anne of Green Gables – The Road to the Green Gables”” is a movie version that was supervised and re-edited by director Isao Takahata, from episodes 1 – 6 of the 50-episode TV series.

 

© NIPPON ANIMATION CO., LTD.“Anne of Green Gables” ™AGGLA

Director

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

  • 03.19(Tue)
    12:25
    14:05
    Cine Wind
  • 03.20(Wed)
    10:00
    11:40
    Cine Wind