My Neighbors the Yamadas

Name: My Neighbors the Yamadas
Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy
Released: 1999-07-17
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Hayato Isohata, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Toru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka

The ups and downs of life.

ホーホケキョとなりの山田くん (1999)

Timing: 1:44 (104 min)

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Video for the film My Neighbors the Yamadas — My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) - Official Trailer

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Release date

1999-07-17

Country

Japan

Production

Studio Ghibli, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Hakuhodo

Genre

Animation, Family, Comedy

Budget

$15 270 000

Box office

$11 910 000

Website

https://gkids.com/films/my-neighbors-the-yamadas/

Director

Isao Takahata

Actors

Hayato Isohata, Masako Araki, Naomi Uno, Toru Masuoka, Yukiji Asaoka, Akiko Yano, Kosanji Yanagiya, Tamao Nakamura, Chōchō Miyako, Suguru Egawa
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Scenario

Producer

Seiichiro Ujiie, Takashi Shoji, Yasuyoshi Tokuma

Camera operator

Atsushi Okui

Composer

Akiko Yano

Artist

Noboru Yoshida

Audition

Editing

Takeshi Seyama
Whole Team (40)

Short description

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.

What's left behind the scenes

The authors of the haiku that appear on the screen and are recited during the breaks between episodes of the film are famous Japanese poets Matsuo Basho, Taneda Santoka, and Yosa Buson.
"Houhokekyo" is the cry of the uguisu, the Japanese nightingale. Since the titles of all previous films directed by Takahata at "Studio Ghibli" included the syllable "ho" (or "po"), Takahata decided to deliberately include a word with this syllable in the title of his next film. Simultaneously, he emphasized its comedic and unserious nature.
This is the first film by "Studio Ghibli" created entirely using computers. For his experiment, Takahata deliberately chose a simple four-panel newspaper manga and an watercolor graphic style.
10% of the film's budget ($2 million out of a total budget of $20 million) was provided by "Buena Vista International" (a division of "Disney") in exchange for worldwide distribution rights.