
Director
Takeshi Yashiro
57 years · Akita, Japan · 10 films
Takeshi Yashiro is a director at Taiyo Kikaku Co., Ltd., a Japanese TV-Commercial production company. In 1993, he graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in design. While he directed numerous commercials, he studied various stop-motion animation techniques on his own, utilizing and perfecting them in his commercial and web movie works until 2012 when he began focusing on creating stop-motion animation. Yashiro’s works have a sense of handmade feelings and is best at story driven movies. His roles include a writer, director, creator of sets and puppets as well as animator.
Best known for

Gon, the Little Fox
2019 · Director, Editor

Moon of a Sleepless Night
2015 · Director

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights
2013 · Director, Screenplay

Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars
2014 · Director

Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest
2021 · Director

The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer
2024 · Director, Writer
Filmography 10

The Spring Herald Fish and the Wanderer
2024 · Director, Writer

Behind the scenes of HIDARI: The Stop-motion Samurai Film
2024 · himself

Pukkulapottas and Hours in the Forest
2021 · Director

Gon, the Little Fox
2019 · Director, Editor

Arthur et la magie de Noël
2018 · Director

Moon of a Sleepless Night
2015 · Director

Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars
2014 · Director

Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa
2013 · Director, Screenplay

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights
2013 · Director, Screenplay

Dear November Boy.
2012 · Director, Writer