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Isao Takahata: A Legend in Japanese Animation
Iwate Museum of Art
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Isao Takahata
Isao Takahata (1935-2018) is an animation film director who has been a driving force in Japanese animation for half a century since the 1960s.
In the 1970s, Takahata pioneered a new style of expression in animation with such TV classics as "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" (1974), "Anne of Green Gables" (1979), and "The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun" (1968). (1979), he perfected a rich form of human drama that differed from adventure fantasy through a method of meticulously depicting everyday life.
From the 1980s onward, he shifted the stage to Japan and produced works such as "Jarinko Chie" (1981), "Gauche the Cellist" (1982), "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988), and "Heisei Raccoon War Pompoko" (1994) that expressed the reality of the Japanese climate and the lives of ordinary people and reconsidered Japan's history during and after World War II. He also produced works that reconsidered Japan's history during and after World War II. In his posthumous work, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" (2013), he took on the challenge of using digital technology to create a watercolor-style painting that utilized hand-drawn lines, achieving a revolution in expression that was a departure from the traditional celluloid style.
The creative path of Takahata, an innovator who always sought out contemporary themes and thoroughly pursued new methods of expression appropriate to them, laid the foundation of postwar Japanese animation and greatly influenced other filmmakers. This exhibition focuses on Takahata's "direction," the point at which he did not draw pictures, and introduces a large number of previously unseen materials to explore the secrets of the multifaceted world of his works.
In the 1970s, Takahata pioneered a new style of expression in animation with such TV classics as "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" (1974), "Anne of Green Gables" (1979), and "The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun" (1968). (1979), he perfected a rich form of human drama that differed from adventure fantasy through a method of meticulously depicting everyday life.
From the 1980s onward, he shifted the stage to Japan and produced works such as "Jarinko Chie" (1981), "Gauche the Cellist" (1982), "Grave of the Fireflies" (1988), and "Heisei Raccoon War Pompoko" (1994) that expressed the reality of the Japanese climate and the lives of ordinary people and reconsidered Japan's history during and after World War II. He also produced works that reconsidered Japan's history during and after World War II. In his posthumous work, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" (2013), he took on the challenge of using digital technology to create a watercolor-style painting that utilized hand-drawn lines, achieving a revolution in expression that was a departure from the traditional celluloid style.
The creative path of Takahata, an innovator who always sought out contemporary themes and thoroughly pursued new methods of expression appropriate to them, laid the foundation of postwar Japanese animation and greatly influenced other filmmakers. This exhibition focuses on Takahata's "direction," the point at which he did not draw pictures, and introduces a large number of previously unseen materials to explore the secrets of the multifaceted world of his works.
Schedule | Sep 30 (Sat) 2023-Dec 17 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1600, University and High School Students ¥1000, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥600 | ||||
| Website | https://takahata-ten.jp/ | ||||
| Venue | Iwate Museum of Art http://www.ima.or.jp/en/ | ||||
| Location | 12-3 Matsuhaba, Motomiya, Morioka-shi, Iwate 020-0866 | ||||
| Access | 20 minute walk from the West exit of Morioka Station on the JR Tohoku Main, Yamada and Tazawako lines; From the East exit of JR Morioka Station, take the Iwate Kotsu Seinan Loop 200 bus and get off at Iwate Museum of Art. | ||||
| Phone | 019-658-1711 | ||||
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