The Best Atsuko Takahata Movies, Ranked
31 credits from 1989 to 2024, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. The Imaginary (2024) comes out on top with a score of 70. The biggest box office hit is The Imaginary (2024) with $43.8M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Atsuko Takahata Box Office Hits
Atsuko Takahata's films have made $174M worldwide in total. The Imaginary (2024) is the biggest hit at $43.8M, ahead of Always: Sunset on Third Street ’64 (2012) ($40.9M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The Imaginary 2024 · Animation $43.8M $28M dom. - 2
Always: Sunset on Third Street ’64 2012 · Comedy $40.9M - 3
Yamato 2005 · War $39.3M - 4
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya 2014 · Animation $24.8M $975K dom. - 5
Samurai Commando Mission 1549 2005 · Action $14.6M - 6
Bunny Drop 2011 · Drama $6.63M - 7
Life in Overtime 2018 · Drama $3.65M - 8
Motherhood 2022 · Drama $241K
The Best Atsuko Takahata Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Atsuko Takahata has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 16 films, and Bunny Drop (2011) is the pick of them.
The Best Atsuko Takahata Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Atsuko Takahata's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Atsuko Takahata Movies
The most recent films Atsuko Takahata is credited on, newest first — starting with The Imaginary (2024). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Imaginary 2024 · Downbeat Grandma
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Shinjuku Field Hospital 2024 · Ai Shiraki -
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part1 2023 · Oseki - Motherhood 2022 · [Rumiko's mother-in-law]
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Shōtai 2022 · Setsue Konno -
The Women 2021 · Mitsuko -
The Supporting Actors in Byplaywood 2021 · Comedy -
The House on the Slope 2019 · Misawa Fujiko - Life in Overtime 2018 · SAKURADA Miyuki
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Residential Complex 2018 · Satoko Igarashi -
Spring Has Come 2018 · Sue Kishikawa -
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2016 · Naoko Fukamachi
The Best Atsuko Takahata Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Atsuko Takahata films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Atsuko Takahata movie?
The Imaginary (2024) is the best-rated Atsuko Takahata film, with a Movie Echo Score of 70. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
The Imaginary: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Atsuko Takahata movie?
The Imaginary (2024) made the most at the box office, with $43.8M worldwide, followed by Always: Sunset on Third Street ’64 (2012) with $40.9M. Together, Atsuko Takahata's films with box office figures have made $174M.
What is the best Atsuko Takahata drama movie?
Bunny Drop (2011) is the best-rated of Atsuko Takahata's drama films. In other genres: Always: Sunset on Third Street ’64 (comedy), The Imaginary (animation) and Samurai Commando Mission 1549 (action).
What is the newest Atsuko Takahata movie?
The newest film on Atsuko Takahata's filmography is The Imaginary (2024), with Atsuko Takahata as Downbeat Grandma.
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