Directed credits
5
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 144476
IMDb ID: nm0948488
Known for: Directing
Born: July 10, 1973
Age: 52
Place of birth: Ishikawa, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1998 - 2025
Years active: 28
Average TMDB rating: 7.65
Wikidata: Q2630715
Also known as
Maro • 米林 宏昌 • 麻呂
Frequent jobs
Director (3)Animation Director (2)Key Animation (15)Screenplay (2)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hiromasa Yonebayashi (born 1973 in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan), nicknamed Maro, is a Japanese animator and director for Studio Ghibli. Making his directing debut with them in the film The Borrower Arrietty, he became the youngest director of a Studio Ghibli film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hiromasa Yonebayashi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
8.5
Spirited Away
Key Animation
2001 Movie
8.4
Howl's Moving Castle
Key Animation
2004 Movie
7.9
When Marnie Was There
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.8
The Wind Rises
Key Animation
2013 Movie
7.8
Ponyo
Key Animation
2008 Movie
7.7
The Imaginary
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.7
The Secret World of Arrietty
Director
2010 Movie
7.6
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
as Self
2013 Movie
7.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Key Animation
2011 Movie
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.1
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Director
2017 Movie
6.6
Modest Heroes
Key Animation
2018 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
8.5
Spirited Away
Key Animation
2001 Movie
8.4
Howl's Moving Castle
Key Animation
2004 Movie
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.8
Ponyo
Key Animation
2008 Movie
7.7
The Secret World of Arrietty
Director
2010 Movie
7.8
The Wind Rises
Key Animation
2013 Movie
7.9
When Marnie Was There
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Key Animation
2011 Movie
7.1
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Director
2017 Movie
7.7
The Imaginary
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.7
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
as Self
2024 Movie
6.5
The Deer King
Key Animation
2021 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
7.7
The Imaginary
Key Animation
2023 Movie
7.4
The Boy and the Heron
Key Animation
2023 Movie
6.5
The Deer King
Key Animation
2021 Movie
6.6
Modest Heroes
Key Animation
2018 Movie
7.9
When Marnie Was There
Screenplay
2014 Movie
7.8
The Wind Rises
Key Animation
2013 Movie
7.5
From Up on Poppy Hill
Key Animation
2011 Movie
7.0
The Theory of Evolution
Screenplay
2008 Movie
7.8
Ponyo
Key Animation
2008 Movie
6.6
Iblard Time
Key Animation
2007 Movie
8.4
Howl's Moving Castle
Key Animation
2004 Movie
8.5
Spirited Away
Key Animation
2001 Movie
5.5
Ghiblies
Key Animation
2000 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Hiromasa Yonebayashi.
8.0
Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature
as Self
2025 Movie
7.7
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
as Self
2024 Movie
7.6
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness
as Self
2013 Movie
9.0
Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New Director
as Himself
2010 Movie
10.0
The Nippon Television Special of Spirited Away
2001 Movie