Tooru Hara Movies: Top 3 Performances by a Successful Producer



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Grave of the Fireflies Poster
Grave of the Fireflies ( 1988) | IMDb: 8.5
Animation , Drama , War
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Starring:
Tsutomu Tatsumi , Ayano Shiraishi , Yoshiko Shinohara , Akemi Yamaguchi , Kozo Hashida , Masayo Sakai
Directed by:
Yoshiyuki Momose , Isao Takahata
Produced by:
Tooru Hara
My Neighbor Totoro Poster
My Neighbor Totoro ( 1988) | IMDb: 8.1
Animation , Family , Fantasy
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
Starring:
Noriko Hidaka , Chika Sakamoto , Hitoshi Takagi , Shigesato Itoi , Sumi Shimamoto , Tanie Kitabayashi
Directed by:
Tetsuya Endo , Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by:
Eiko Tanaka , Yasuyoshi Tokuma , Rick Dempsey
Castle in the Sky Poster
Castle in the Sky ( 1986) | IMDb: 8
Action , Adventure , Animation , Family , Fantasy
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
Starring:
Keiko Yokozawa , Mayumi Tanaka , Minori Terada , Kotoe Hatsui , Fujio Tokita , Ichiro Nagai
Directed by:
Norihiko Sudo , Tetsu Kimura , Umanosuke Iida
Produced by:
Tooru Hara , Kaoru Mutô , Toshio Suzuki