Screenplay: Akira Miyazaki

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Akira Miyazaki. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Comet in Moominland

1992 · Movie · 62 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô

Plot Unusual things have been happening in Moominvalley. Moomin, Sniff and Mee leave for the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to confirm the Muskrat's words: a comet is about to hit...

7.2

27 votes

7.2

27 votes

Home from the Sea

1972 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Hisashi Igawa · Chieko Baisho · Chishu Ryu · Gin Maeda

Plot On a beautiful island in Seto Inner Sea, Seichi and Minko make their living by transporting rocks to construction sites by boat. They cherish the deepest affection for this piece...

7.0

36 votes

7.0

36 votes

The Story of Perrine (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô · Shigeo Koshi

Plot Perrine travels across Europe with her mother, a photographer, in a cabin lead by a donkey. They are heading to a small village in north France, the home of Perrine's...

6.8

30 votes

6.8

30 votes

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 26 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô

Plot Tom Sawyer is a young boy growing up along the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s. Along with his best friend Huckleberry Finn, he spends his days ditching school, fishing,...

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

The Wizard of Oz

1982 · Movie · 78 min. · Japan

Direction Fumihiko Takayama · John Danylkiw

Plot Animated version of the classic story of a young farmgirl who is transported to the magic land of Oz.

6.3

112 votes

6.3

112 votes

Moomin (TV Series)

1990 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Takuo Suzuki · Yorifusa Yamaguchi · Seitarô Hara · Masayuki Kojima

Plot The Moomin stories concern several eccentric and oddly-shaped characters, some of whom are related to each other. The characters' differences are accepted and their needs are accommodated. The central family...

6.3

848 votes

6.3

848 votes

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (TV)

1990 · Movie · 79 min. · Japan

Direction Hisayuki Toriumi

Plot Ginga, a small town girl sets out to become the Emperors Seihi, highest ranked wife, undaunted by the many other women who seek the same title. Her energetic and eccentric...

6.1

26 votes

6.1

26 votes

The Wizard of Oz (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 22 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô · Masaru Tonogouchi

Plot A young girl named Dorothy has gone to live with her grandparents on their small farm. One day when Dorothy is left alone in the house a tornado appears. Dorothy...

6.1

101 votes

6.1

101 votes

Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

1982 · Movie · 65 min. · Japan

Direction Yoshikatsu Kasai

5.9

22 votes

5.9

22 votes

Love's Tale of Young Grass (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 25 min. · Japan

Direction Fumio Kurokawa · Nobushiki Yamazaki

Plot Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy are four loving March sisters living with their mother in Gettysburg during the Civil War. Their father is a military doctor fighting in the Union...

5.5

343 votes

5.5

343 votes

Araiguma Rascal / Rascal the Raccoon (TV Series)

1977 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Seiji Endô · Shigeo Koshi · Hiroshi Saitô

Plot Rascal the Raccoon is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is based on the 1963 autobiographical novel "Rascal, A Memoir of a Better Era" by Sterling North.

5.3

110 votes

5.3

110 votes

Tora-san 2: Tora-san's Cherished Mother

1969 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi · Chieko Baisho · Chocho Miyako · Orie Satoh

Plot Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. He discovers that she is a geisha who had had only a brief affair...

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Where Spring Comes Late

1970 · Movie · 106 min. · Japan

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Katri, Girl of the Meadows (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô

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Lupin the Thief: Enigma of the 813

1979 · Movie · 80 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Sasagawa

Plot Anime film based on the novel "813" by Maurice Leblanc. (Source: MyAnimeList)

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Lucy of the Southern Rainbows (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 24 min. · Japan

Direction Hiroshi Saitô

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Kigeki: Ippatsu shôbu

1967 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan

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Tora-san 11: Tora-san's Forget Me Not

1973 · Movie · 99 min. · Japan

Direction Yôji Yamada

Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi · Chieko Baisho · Ruriko Asaoka · Gin Maeda

Plot When Tora-san takes a job at a dairy farm, he becomes infatuated with Lily, a singer. Tora becomes ill, and Lily plans to visit him to tell him his feelings...

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Not rated