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Kitarō Kōsaka is a Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Art Department Manager, Animation Director and Supervising Animator Japonais born on 28 february 1962
Kitarō Kōsaka (高坂 希太郎, Kōsaka Kitarō), né le 28 février 1962 dans la préfecture de Kanagawa, est un réalisateur d’anime et animateur japonais.
Depuis 1984, Kitaro Kosaka marque donc sa carrière par ses nombreuses collaborations avec le Studio Ghibli. Il commence en tant qu'animateur clé pour Nausicaä de la vallée du vent, puis Le Château dans le ciel (1986), Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988) et Pompoko (1994). Ses premières collaborations avec les maîtres de l'animation japonaise Hayao Miyazaki et Isao Takahata lui permettent d'évoluer au sein du studio. Il devient alors coresponsable de l'animation pour Princesse Mononoké (1997), Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001), Le Château ambulant (2004), Ponyo sur la falaise (2008), et La Colline aux coquelicots (2011). Il devient enfin directeur de l'animation pour l'ultime chef-d’œuvre de Miyazaki, Le vent se lève, sorti en 2013. Kitaro Kosaka a déjà été une première fois directeur de l'animation pour Si tu tends l'oreille en 1995.
Du 2 au 6 juillet 2014, Kitarô Kôsaka est l'invité d'honneur animation à Japan Expo au Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, à Paris. Il a à cette occasion participé à une conférence et plusieurs séances de dédicaces.
(2001)
(Animation Director)
(2004)
(Animation Director)
(1997)
(Animation Director)
(2013)
(Art Department Manager)
(2011)
(Animation Director)
(1986)
(Key Animation)
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Après des études dans un lycée de Fukaya, dans la préfecture de Saitama, il rentre en 1979 au studio Oh! Production. Il travaille alors en tant qu'animateur clé pour de nombreux projets et notamment pour les films du studio Ghibli. En 1986, il devient indépendant et continue sa collaboration avec le Studio Ghibli. Entre-temps, il collabore avec le studio Madhouse, tout d'abord en tant que storyboarder et animateur sur les séries Yawara! (1989-92) et Master Keaton (1998-99). C'est également chez ce studio qu'il fait ses premières réalisation, des courts et moyen métrage principalement.Depuis 1984, Kitaro Kosaka marque donc sa carrière par ses nombreuses collaborations avec le Studio Ghibli. Il commence en tant qu'animateur clé pour Nausicaä de la vallée du vent, puis Le Château dans le ciel (1986), Le Tombeau des lucioles (1988) et Pompoko (1994). Ses premières collaborations avec les maîtres de l'animation japonaise Hayao Miyazaki et Isao Takahata lui permettent d'évoluer au sein du studio. Il devient alors coresponsable de l'animation pour Princesse Mononoké (1997), Le Voyage de Chihiro (2001), Le Château ambulant (2004), Ponyo sur la falaise (2008), et La Colline aux coquelicots (2011). Il devient enfin directeur de l'animation pour l'ultime chef-d’œuvre de Miyazaki, Le vent se lève, sorti en 2013. Kitaro Kosaka a déjà été une première fois directeur de l'animation pour Si tu tends l'oreille en 1995.
Du 2 au 6 juillet 2014, Kitarô Kôsaka est l'invité d'honneur animation à Japan Expo au Parc des Expositions de Villepinte, à Paris. Il a à cette occasion participé à une conférence et plusieurs séances de dédicaces.
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(2001)(Animation Director)
(2004)(Animation Director)
(1997)(Animation Director)
(2013)(Art Department Manager)
(2011)(Animation Director)
(1986)(Key Animation)
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Okko's Inn (2018)
, 1h35Directed by Kitarō Kōsaka
Origin Japon
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Ghost films
Actors Seiran Kobayashi, Nana Mizuki /, Yōko Asagami, Etsuko Kozakura, Kana Hanazawa, Teiyū Ichiryūsai
Rating70%
Oriko Seki (Okko) est une jeune fille ayant perdu ses parents lors d'un accident de voiture. Peu après cet événement, Okko va s'installer dans l'auberge à sources chaudes de sa grand-mère, où elle va découvrir qu'elle est capable de voir les fantômes et de parler avec eux. Elle va donc faire connaissance avec Uribo, un fantôme de son âge, et il va l'aider au cours de son aventure. Mais lors d'un repas, Uribo supplie Okko de reprendre la direction de l'auberge et d'en devenir la « directrice junior » à la joie de sa grand-mère. Elle va donc travailler dur pour pouvoir reprendre ce travail qu'elle va finir par apprécier grâce à ses connaissances qu'elle fera tout le long de l'aventure
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
, 47minutesDirected by Kitarō Kōsaka
Origin Japon
Genres Action, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Road movies
Actors Yo Oizumi, Eiko Koike, Hiroaki Hirata, Masahiko Tanaka, Rintarō Nishi, Toshio Kakei
Rating69%
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia follows the story of a professional Spanish cyclist, Pepe Benengeli, as he competes in the Vuelta a España road bicycle race through his home town in the Iberian region of Andalusia. As the story progresses, Pepe is faced with frustrating consequences, with him facing pressure from his sponsors and the wedding of his former girlfriend, Carmen, to his elder brother, Angel, coinciding on the same day of the penultimate stage of the bicycle race. Originally is meant to be a backup racer (domestique) whose job is to assist his more prominent team-mate to win the race. However he accidentally overhears a conversation in his sponsor's van through his radio com-link which had been negligently left open, in which he finds out, to his shock, that his sponsor intends to fire him after the race. Realizing that he may not find another team for the next season and that he has nothing left to lose, he disregards his instructions and sets out to win the race for himself.
Scriptwriter
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia (2003)
, 47minutesDirected by Kitarō Kōsaka
Origin Japon
Genres Action, Animation
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Road movies
Actors Yo Oizumi, Eiko Koike, Hiroaki Hirata, Masahiko Tanaka, Rintarō Nishi, Toshio Kakei
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Nasu: Summer in Andalusia follows the story of a professional Spanish cyclist, Pepe Benengeli, as he competes in the Vuelta a España road bicycle race through his home town in the Iberian region of Andalusia. As the story progresses, Pepe is faced with frustrating consequences, with him facing pressure from his sponsors and the wedding of his former girlfriend, Carmen, to his elder brother, Angel, coinciding on the same day of the penultimate stage of the bicycle race. Originally is meant to be a backup racer (domestique) whose job is to assist his more prominent team-mate to win the race. However he accidentally overhears a conversation in his sponsor's van through his radio com-link which had been negligently left open, in which he finds out, to his shock, that his sponsor intends to fire him after the race. Realizing that he may not find another team for the next season and that he has nothing left to lose, he disregards his instructions and sets out to win the race for himself.
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Whisper of the Heart (1995)
, 1h51Directed by Yoshifumi Kondō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about cats, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yōko Honna, Shigeru Muroi, Keiju Kobayashi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Minami Takayama, Mayumi Iizuka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating78%
Shizuku Tsukishima is a 14-year-old student at Mukaihara Junior High School, where she is best friends with Yuko Harada. Living in Tokyo with her parents Asako and Seiya, as well as her older sister Shiho, Shizuku is a bookworm and is keen on writing. During an ordinary evening, she looks through the checkout cards in her library books. She discovers they have been checked out by Seiji Amasawa. Over the next few days, Shizuku encounters a young man, later revealed to be Seiji, who often annoys her.
Art
The Wind Rises (2013)
, 2h6Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Peinture, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Morio Kazama
Roles Art Department Manager
Rating77%
In 1918, the young Jiro Horikoshi longs to become a pilot, but his nearsightedness prevents it. He reads about the famous Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni, and dreams about him that night. In the dream, Caproni tells him that building planes is better than flying them.
Visual effects
The Boy and the Beast (2015)
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Aoi Miyazaki, Shota Sometani, Kōji Yakusho, Sumire Morohoshi, Haru Kuroki, Kappei Yamaguchi
Roles Key Animation
Rating76%
A lost boy in Tokyo, Kyuta, slips into an alternate universe, where he is raised by a bear-man, Kumatetsu, who fights for a living. Kumatetsu trains Kyuta in the art of fighting over the years, but eventually Kyuta is thrust into a cataclysmic adventure which spans both worlds.
When Marnie Was There (2014)
, 1h43Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Hailee Steinfeld, Kasumi Arimura, Kiernan Shipka, Sara Takatsuki, Nanako Matsushima, Ava Acres
Roles Key Animation
Rating76%
Anna Sasaki is a 12-year-old girl who lives in Sapporo with foster parents, Yoriko and her husband. One day at school she collapses from an asthma attack, so her parents send her to spend the summer with Setsu and Kiyomasa Oiwa, relatives of Yoriko, in Kushiro, a rural, seaside town where the air is clear.
The Wind Rises (2013)
, 2h6Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Peinture, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about earthquakes
Actors Hideaki Anno, Jun Kunimura, Mirai Shida, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Morio Kazama
Roles Animation Director
Rating77%
In 1918, the young Jiro Horikoshi longs to become a pilot, but his nearsightedness prevents it. He reads about the famous Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni, and dreams about him that night. In the dream, Caproni tells him that building planes is better than flying them.
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
, 1h31Directed by Gorō Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Animation, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Yuriko Ishida, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Rumi Hiiragi
Roles Animation Director
Rating74%
Umi Matsuzaki is a 16-year-old student at Isogo High School living in Coquelicot Manor, a boarding house overlooking the Port of Yokohama in Japan. Her mother Ryoko is a medical professor studying abroad in the United States. Umi runs the house and looks after her younger siblings Sora and Riku and her grandmother, Hana. College student Sachiko Hirokouji and doctor-in-training Miki Hokuto also live there. Each morning, Umi raises a set of signal flags with the message "I pray for safe voyages".
, 12minutesDirected by Hayao Miyazaki
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Children's films
Roles Animation Director
Rating75%
Dans un moulin à eau, isolé au fin fond d’une forêt de ronces et de broussailles, vit une sorcière nommée Baba Yaga. C’est là qu’elle y garde captive sa minuscule servante, la princesse Œuf, assujettie à toutes les corvées quotidiennes du moulin. Une nuit, un énorme morceau de pâte pétrie, au repos dans une auge, revient soudainement à la vie. La princesse Œuf et son nouvel ami, M. Pâte, décident alors de s’enfuir.
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
, 1h59Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Vieillesse, Witches in film, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Children's films
Actors Chieko Baishō, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Yo Oizumi, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, Akio Ōtsuka
Roles Animation Director
Rating82%
Sophie, an eighteen-year-old hatter, is a responsible young woman who encounters a mysterious and powerful wizard named Howl on her way to visit her younger sister Lettie. The Witch of the Waste, who romantically pursues Howl, visits the hat shop only and insults Sophie, being refused service by her as a result. The Witch exacts revenge by cursing Sophie, transforming her into a ninety-year-old woman. Seeking a cure for the spell, Sophie travels into the Wastes and encounters a living scarecrow whom she names "Turnip Head," who leads her to Howl's castle. There, she meets Howl's young apprentice, Markl, and the fire-demon Calcifer, who is the source of the castle's energy and magic. Calcifer offers to break the witch's curse in exchange for Sophie's help in breaking the spell he's under, which keeps him bound to the house. When Howl appears, Sophie announces that Calcifer has hired her as a cleaning lady for the house.
Spirited Away (2001)
, 2h4Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about dragons, Witches in film, Political films, Children's films
Actors Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Bunta Sugawara, Takashi Naitō
Roles Animation Director
Rating85%
Ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino and her parents are traveling to their new home when her father takes a wrong turn. They unknowingly enter a magical world that Chihiro's father insists on exploring, believing it to be an abandoned amusement park. Her parents sit at an empty, but seemingly-operational, restaurant stall, and begin to devour the fresh food in a piggish manner; meanwhile, Chihiro discovers an exquisite bathhouse across a bridge, where a young boy named Haku warns her to get out before the impending sunset. Frantically, Chihiro returns to her parents, only to discover that they have literally transformed into pigs. She attempts to escape, but the way by which they came has since become submerged. Frightened and alone, she observes as the world she ventured into reveals itself as a luxurious retreat for spirits to revitalize themselves.
Metropolis (2001)
, 1h47Directed by Rintarō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Films set in the future, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Steampunk films, Robot films
Actors Kōsei Tomita, Norio Wakamoto, Tarō Ishida, Takeshi Aono, Norihiro Inoue, Masaru Ikeda
Roles Key Animation
Rating71%
In the futuristic city of Metropolis humans and robots coexist. Robots are discriminated against and segregated to the city's lower levels. A lot of Metropolis' human population are unemployed and deprived, and many people blame the robots for taking their jobs.
Princess Mononoke (1997)
, 2h14Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Wolves in film, Demons in film, Political films, Alternate history films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yuriko Ishida, Yoji Matsuda, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yūko Tanaka, Masahiko Nishimura, Makoto Satō
Roles Animation Director
Rating83%
In Muromachi period Japan, an Emishi village is attacked by a demon. The last Emishi prince, Ashitaka, kills the demon before it reaches the village, but its corruption curses his arm in the battle. The curse gives him superhuman fighting abilities, but will eventually kill him. The villagers discover that the demon was once a boar god, Nago, corrupted by an iron ball lodged in his body. The village's wise woman tells Ashitaka that he may find a cure in the western lands Nago was exiled from.
Whisper of the Heart (1995)
, 1h51Directed by Yoshifumi Kondō
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Feminist films, Films about cats, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Yōko Honna, Shigeru Muroi, Keiju Kobayashi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Minami Takayama, Mayumi Iizuka
Roles Character Designer
Rating78%
Shizuku Tsukishima is a 14-year-old student at Mukaihara Junior High School, where she is best friends with Yuko Harada. Living in Tokyo with her parents Asako and Seiya, as well as her older sister Shiho, Shizuku is a bookworm and is keen on writing. During an ordinary evening, she looks through the checkout cards in her library books. She discovers they have been checked out by Seiji Amasawa. Over the next few days, Shizuku encounters a young man, later revealed to be Seiji, who often annoys her.