Toshio Hirata

A young Japanese actress remembers her war childhood in Korea. Her father goes to fight, her baby sister Miko dies of typhoid, her beloved Korean ...

Adapted from Shigeru Mizuki’s classic manga from the 1960s, ‘Kappa no Sanpei’, the anime tells a story of a young boy, Sanpei, ...

In these adaptations of lsamu Tsuchida’s picture books for children, Tiffle and Tuffle are two little twins in pointed hats who live on ...

After a spoken introduction describing the various musical instruments used, the film tells the story of Kimba the White Lion, from his birth, to ...

Adapted from the manga of the same name by Hisashi Eguchi, and directed by Minoru Kawasaki and Rintaro, this is a series of random skits ...

A feature-length animation of the popular work “Niko Niko, Pun”, which began broadcasting in the 1980s as a corner of NHK’s ...

The Acorns and the Wildcat is a unique short film in picture-book format from the creator of Night on the Galactic Railroad and Gauche the ...

Noriyasu seems like an average third-grader, but his life goes haywire after he catches his mother reading his private daily journal. In an ...

In 1945, the second- and third-year students of a Hiroshima girls’ school are taken away to work in war factories. The remaining 220 girls ...

The story of a young prince and young princess from opposing tribes, as they struggle to deal with their lives and the hardship brought on by ...

Abandoned in a wooden box, Bun-Bun is an innocent new born puppy. Picked up by a stray dog called Uncle Tyke, Bun-Bun is taught how to look for ...

“Kin no Tori” is an adaptation of the homonymous fairy tale “The Golden Bird” by Brothers Grimm. A golden apple is stolen ...

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

Bobby is an underachieving high school kid with a deep love for motorcycles. His most recent achievement seems to have been getting photos of ...

Ogawa Chiiko (Chitchi to her friends) is a vertically-challenged high school student. She’s only 132 cm tall (4′ 4″), and ...

A club of young men who live by logic find themselves in love, and their lives fall apart as they try to cope with the emotions their romance ...

When Unico, a young unicorn, is banished from his family by a pantheon of manipulative gods, his powers of joy and happiness are tested as he ...