Tôru Hara

What are Tôru Hara's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tôru Hara's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (6).

• HBO Max6 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • My Neighbor Totoro (1988) · producer
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) · producer
  • Castle in the Sky (1986) · producer
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) · producer
  • Only Yesterday (1991) · producer
  • The Hobbit (1977) · animation coordinator
• Netflix1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • Grave of the Fireflies (1988) · producer
• Prime Video1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Last Unicorn (1982) · animation coordinator
• Tubi1 title, browse their movies on this service
  • The Last Unicorn (1982) · animation coordinator · free

Subscription and free streaming for Tôru Hara's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

16 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.

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  Only Yesterday(1991)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films95^th
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  Kiki's Delivery Service(1989)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Grave of the Fireflies(1988)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  My Neighbor Totoro(1988)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Castle in the Sky(1986)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  Adventures of the Little Koala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

  Show 52 episodes · Producer
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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind(1984)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films99^th
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  The Last Unicorn(1982)

  Animation Coordinator

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  The Flight of Dragons(1982)

  Animation Coordinator

  Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films90^th
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  The Stingiest Man in Town(1978)

  Animation Coordinator

  Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films51^st
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  The Hobbit(1977)

  Animation Coordinator

  Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films70^th
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  Frosty's Winter Wonderland(1976)

  Animation

  Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films66^th
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  The First Easter Rabbit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

  Animation
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  'Twas the Night Before Christmas(1974)

  Animation

  Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films82^nd
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  The Red Baron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

  Animation Supervisor
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  Horus: Prince of the Sun(1968)

  Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th

Career shape

A full career of 14 titles from 1972 to 1989.

Biggest box office

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

$32M worldwide

Highest rated

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Midcredits 99^th

Most popular right now

My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

How do Tôru Hara's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 90^th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 97^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

9 of their 13 titles are Universally Loved.

94

• Universally Loved9
• Crowd Pleaser4

Most loved · producer

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Midcredits 99^th · 92% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Tôru Hara's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run lighter than most films.

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Tôru Hara work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tôru Hara's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hayao Miyazaki shares the most, 5.