Joe Hisaishi Movies

  • 2002
    Dolls

    Dolls

    Dolls

    7.5282002HD

    Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales...

    Dolls
  • 2005
    A Chinese Tall Story

    A Chinese Tall Story

    A Chinese Tall Story

    5.32005HD

    The young monk Taka and his three disciples are captured by a demonic tree. Taka manages to escape thanks to the magic stick of Monkey King and...

    A Chinese Tall Story
  • 1985
    Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

    Spring Bell

    61985HD

    Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo,...

    Spring Bell
  • 1989
    Venus Wars

    Venus Wars

    Venus Wars

    6.71989HD

    The new frontier of Venus has degenerated into a dystopia ravaged by the civil war between Ishtar and Aphrodia. Bubbly reporter Susan Sommers arrives...

    Venus Wars
  • 2019
    Children of the Sea

    Children of the Sea

    Children of the Sea

    7.12019HD

    Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys, Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by...

    Children of the Sea
  • 2014
    The Little House

    The Little House

    The Little House

    6.82014HD

    Following the death of the unmarried and childless Taki, Takeshi, a young relative of hers, discovers several pages of closely written lines in which...

    The Little House
  • 1984
    Birth

    Birth

    Birth

    6.71984HD

    Aqualoid was a prosperous planet, but an attack from a mysterious life force, the Inorganics, transforms it into a post-apocalyptic shell of its...

    Birth
  • 1993
    Sonatine

    Sonatine

    Sonatine

    7.51993HD

    Murakawa, an aging Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life, is sent by his boss to Okinawa along with a few of his henchmen to help end a gang war,...

    Sonatine
  • 1996
    Kids Return

    Kids Return

    Kids Return

    6.91996HD

    Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time...

    Kids Return
  • 1997
    Fireworks

    Fireworks

    Fireworks

    7.6651997HD

    Beleaguered police detective Nishi takes desperate measures to try and set things right in a world gone wrong. With his wife suffering from leukemia...

    Fireworks
  • 1986
    Arion

    Arion

    Arion

    6.11986HD

    The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the...

    Arion
  • 2013
    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

    7.5592013HD

    Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.

    The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
  • 2002
    Mei and the Kittenbus

    Mei and the Kittenbus

    Mei and the Kittenbus

    7.22002HD

    Mei is eating a caramel on one very windy day, when suddenly a whirlwind appears and starts chasing her. The whirlwind turns out to be a baby cat...

    Mei and the Kittenbus
  • 2017
    Our Time Will Come

    Our Time Will Come

    Our Time Will Come

    62017HD

    In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerrilla fighters, forging their own path to...

    Our Time Will Come
  • 2005
    Yamato

    Yamato

    Yamato

    5.42005HD

    Directed by Junya Sato and based on a book by Jun Henmi, "Yamato" has a framing story set in the present day and uses flashbacks to tell the story of...

    Yamato
  • 2017
    Flower and Sword

    Flower and Sword

    Flower and Sword

    82017HD

    In the late 16th century, after the death of Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi takes power. The age of war is about to end, but Hideyoshi Toyotomi's...

    Flower and Sword
  • 2003
    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn

    7.52003HD

    Kanichiro Yoshimura is a Samurai and Family man who can no longer support his wife and children on the the low pay he receives from his small town...

    When the Last Sword Is Drawn
  • 2013
    Tokyo Family

    Tokyo Family

    Tokyo Family

    7.32013HD

    An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.

    Tokyo Family
  • 2008
    I Want to Be a Shellfish

    I Want to Be a Shellfish

    I Want to Be a Shellfish

    8.32008HD

    1944, in the depths of World War II. Toyomatsu Shimizu is a completely typical barber from a remote sea-side town who lives frugally but happily with...

    I Want to Be a Shellfish
  • 2018
    The Forest of Wool and Steel

    The Forest of Wool and Steel

    The Forest of Wool and Steel

    72018HD

    High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work...

    The Forest of Wool and Steel