The Story of Yanagawa's Canals w/ James Willey (Studio Ghibli, Episode 7)

from The Complete Catalog · host Tristan Ettleman

Isao Takahata’s 1987 live-action documentary The Story of Yanagawa’s Canals is probably Studio Ghibli’s most obscure feature. As James Willey (@moviegoodormoviebad on TikTok and YouTube) and Tristan discuss, however, this seemingly uncharacteristic Ghibli film, only the studio’s second, still carries a lot of beautiful and recurrent themes for the director.

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