Shigeru Izumiya

Pom Poko
7.3

Pom Poko

Jul. 16, 1994

Pom Poko

The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to ...
Hachi-ko
8.1

Hachi-ko

Aug. 01, 1987

Hachi-ko

In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo, took in Hachikō, a golden brown Akita, as a pet. ...
Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast
7.5

Bound for the Fields, the Mountains, and the Seacoast

During the fervently nationalist months leading up to World War II, a rebellious teenager is transferred to a new primary school in a small ...
Burst City
6.1

Burst City

Apr. 09, 1982

Burst City

Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese ...
Panic in High School
6.8

Panic in High School

Aug. 19, 1978

Panic in High School

A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on ...