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Takashi Masunaga

Born March 3, 1945 (age 81)

Takashi Masunaga is known for his work as a Animated film Director.

Known For

The NutcrackerThe Nutcracker · 1994
The Nutcracker
★ 6.21994
MovieAnimationFamily
It is Christmas Eve, and the Stahlbaum family is happily unwrapping their Christmas gifts. After all the merriment, seven-year-old Marie receives a very special gift--a mysterious Nutcracker--from her beloved Godfather Drosselmeier. When the house falls dark and silent, Marie discovers that this is no ordinary Nutcracker, but Godfather Drosselmeier's nephew, who was transformed into a wooden toy by the curse of the evil Madame Mouserink. To break the curse, the Nutcracker must win the love of Marie and defeat the malicious, seven-headed Mouse King.
Sleeping BeautySleeping Beauty · 1995
Sleeping Beauty
★ 6.51995
MovieAnimationFamily
In a faraway kingdom, the king and queen had desired a child of their very own for a long time and when their wish finally came true, they announced a grand celebration at the palace. All of the fairies from the kingdom were invited and immediately named as godmothers for their new child, whose name was Felicity, which means "happiness".
Jungle BookJungle Book · 1995
Jungle Book
★ 5.71995
MovieAnimationAdventure
When Mowgli was just a baby, or as his adopted parents call him, a "man cub," Shere Khan the tiger went after Mowgli's mother and father. Baby Mowgli wondered off into the den of a wolf family with newly arrived cubs. The mother wolf wants to add Mowgli to her pack of cubs and when the others see how brave Mowgli is, they agree. Shere Khan, having been searching for the baby since he attacked the parents, finally finds him in the wolf den. When the wolves protect him, Shere Khan vows to hunt Mowgli down someday and becomes driven to destroy him.
The Hunchback of Notre DameThe Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
★ 6.71996
MovieAnimationAdventure
The classic tale of a loveable, outcast hunchback and the gypsy girl he adores is transformed into a musical, warmhearted animated classic in this delightfully updated version of a stirring masterpiece.
A Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol · 1994
A Christmas Carol
★ 6.61994
MovieFamilyAnimation
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Flight of the Living DeadFlight of the Living Dead · 2007
Flight of the Living Dead
★ 5.02007
MovieHorror
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container.
Snow WhiteSnow White · 1995
Snow White
★ 6.81995
MovieAnimationDrama
A young princess named Snow White is sent away from her palace to live in the woods due to the jealousy of her stepmother.
HeidiHeidi · 1995
Heidi
★ 6.21995
MovieAdventureAnimation
After charming her reclusive grandfather and falling in love with the beautiful mountain he calls home, Heidi is uprooted and sent to Frankfurt where she befriends Klara, a young girl confined to a wheelchair.

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Leo the Lion: King of the JungleLeo the Lion: King of the Jungle · 1994
Leo the Lion: King of the Jungle
★ 6.81994
MovieAnimationAdventure
Leo is the lion king of the jungle, but unfortunately he doesn't know well what a king's job is. He believes it is his right to do as he pleases, even if it means disrupting the peace of others or being plain rude to them, as a king, Leo thinks everyone should look out for his well-being and comfort. One day, Leo meets a lion cub named Tooey whose mother has been recently taken away and who comes to Leo for help, being as selfish as he is, Leo turns the young lion away. However, after several different adventures, Leo learns what his place as a king is and how he must behave and treat the creatures who have almost lost all faith in him. Leo rallies the jungle animals to the rescue, and in the epilogue, the narrator Michael Donovan says that Leo asked Tooey's mother to be his queen, and the cub himself grew into a strong young lion, now called Leo II and one day he would be the Jungle King.

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