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
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
Direction Yôji Yamada
Cast Chieko Baisho · Hisashi Igawa · Chishu Ryu · Gin Maeda
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Tora-san 4: Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Shun-ichi Kobayashi
Cast Kiyoshi Atsumi · Chieko Baisho · Komaki Kurihara · Chieko Misaki
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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
Direction Yôji Yamada
Cast Koji Mitsui · Chieko Baisho · Hajime Hana · Tonpei Hidari
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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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The Bush Baby, Little Angel of the Grasslands (TV Series)
1992 · Series · 25 min. · Japan
Direction Takayoshi Suzuki · Kôzô Kusuba · Makoto Sokuza · Nobuaki Nakanishi
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