The BEST episodes directed by 高畑勳

Two hearts
star
9.82
65 votes

#1 - Two hearts

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 29

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Goodbye, grandma
star
9.77
66 votes

#2 - Goodbye, grandma

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 31

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Hello, grandma
star
9.76
66 votes

#3 - Hello, grandma

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 47

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To my dear Alms
star
9.68
38 votes

#4 - To my dear Alms

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 34

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The town of Delfli
star
9.61
38 votes

#5 - The town of Delfli

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 16

Grandma
star
9.20
96 votes

#6 - Grandma

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 27

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Alms starry sky
star
9.18
95 votes

#7 - Alms starry sky

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 35

Zezeman's return
star
8.98
95 votes

#8 - Zezeman's return

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 26

Separate ways
star
8.95
124 votes

#9 - Separate ways

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 18

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Ghost commotion
star
8.95
93 votes

#10 - Ghost commotion

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 33

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Distant Alms
star
8.93
124 votes

#11 - Distant Alms

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 22

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A little plan
star
8.93
94 votes

#12 - A little plan

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 44

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Clara's happiness
star
8.92
92 votes

#13 - Clara's happiness

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 46

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White bread
star
8.91
95 votes

#14 - White bread

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 25

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I want to catch the sun
star
8.90
96 votes

#15 - I want to catch the sun

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 30

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Big commotion
star
8.88
94 votes

#16 - Big commotion

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 23

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A little hope
star
8.87
93 votes

#17 - A little hope

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 48

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Mee-chan thrown away
star
8.76
152 votes

#18 - Mee-chan thrown away

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 24

A new life
star
8.68
95 votes

#19 - A new life

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 20

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Doctor's promise
star
8.68
95 votes

#20 - Doctor's promise

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 41

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Two guests
star
8.62
97 votes

#21 - Two guests

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 17

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To Frankfurt
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8.60
151 votes

#22 - To Frankfurt

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 19

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Where have you gone, Picchi
star
8.57
153 votes

#23 - Where have you gone, Picchi

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 8

Heidi is confronted with the hard reality of Picchi migrating with its kind. Moreover, she gets angry at Peter because the boy thinks that Picchi has left because the bird doesn't love her anymore. Onji calms her down, takes her for a walk and explains to the girl that Picchi needs a warmer place to spend the winter. Peter catches a bird for Heidi to make up with her. The kids become friends again but Heidi decides to free the bird so it can migrate too and isn't left behind alone.

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Let's go to the forest
star
8.55
154 votes

#24 - Let's go to the forest

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 28

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Don't give up, Peter
star
8.47
65 votes

#25 - Don't give up, Peter

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 39

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Children of the mountain
star
8.45
122 votes

#26 - Children of the mountain

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 45

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In a new house
star
8.43
124 votes

#27 - In a new house

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 38

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And to the meadow
star
8.43
124 votes

#28 - And to the meadow

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 36

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Sound of the fir tree
star
8.41
69 votes

#29 - Sound of the fir tree

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 7

Heidi has been living in the mountains for 3 months already, and the summer is coming to an end. The weather is not that pleasant anymore, so Onji decides that it's not safe for Heidi to join Peter in the meadows any more and the girl stays at home from now on. She learns how to make cheese and also that life in the mountain has a tough side full of work, responsibility and discipline.

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Till we meet again
star
8.40
126 votes

#30 - Till we meet again

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 52

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To grandma's house
star
8.38
155 votes

#31 - To grandma's house

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 10

Heidi wakes up earlier than usual; she is excited to go visit Peter's grandmother. However, the weather delays the visit for some days. When Heidi finally visits Peter's house, she is discouraged about the ruined look of it, and she gets further distraught when she find out that the granny is blind. After spending a nice afternoon, she leaves with the promise of a soon return. One day afterwards, Heidi is back with a surprise.

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One day in a snowstorm
star
8.27
94 votes

#32 - One day in a snowstorm

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 11

The winter in the mountain is long and severe. Heidi visits Peter's grandmother when the weather allows for it, but one clear day, Ohi foresees a snowstorm coming in. As she is feeding the animals that come for shelter under the nearby fir trees, Heidi gets in the way of some hunters and saves a fawn's life. The hunters insist on going on towards the mountain tops despite Heidi's advice to the contrary. As predicted, the storm hits hard and finally, due to the girl's concern, Ohi decides to go out and save the men's lives.

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In the meadow
star
8.27
192 votes

#33 - In the meadow

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 3

After spending her first night at her grandfather's house, Heidi wakes up to the happy realization that her newly-acquired happiness is not a dream. Onji allows Heidi to join Peter on his trip to the meadow. The routine of the young goatherd becomes an adventure for the little girl. She learns a couple of valuable lessons and comes back home excited to share them with Onji.

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I want to fly free
star
8.26
96 votes

#34 - I want to fly free

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 21

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Night of the storm
star
8.26
96 votes

#35 - Night of the storm

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 32

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Reunion with Clara
star
8.19
152 votes

#36 - Reunion with Clara

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 42

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A promise
star
8.18
151 votes

#37 - A promise

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 49

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Clara walked
star
8.18
151 votes

#38 - Clara walked

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 51

Silver-white Alms
star
8.17
155 votes

#39 - Silver-white Alms

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 9

The winter is around the corner and the first snowfall fills Heidi with joy. However, that means that Peter and the goats won't go back to the meadows until Spring, and Heidi gets isolated at home. It wouldn't take long for her to make new friends though. On Sunday, Peter visits Heidi and lets her know that his grandmother has invited her to visit. Onji is not happy with the idea.

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Another family member
star
8.10
164 votes

#40 - Another family member

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 4

Day after day, Onji realizes with great pleasure that Heidi is adapting fine to the hard life in the Alms mountains. While Heidi is at the high pastures with Peter, a storm surprises them and force the kids to take refuge for a while. Once the storm has passed, Heidi finds a little bird that has fallen from the nest, names him Picchi and takes him under her care. Peter is jealous because the girl refuses to go to the pastures with him the next day to take better care of the bird.

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Sound out, whistle
star
8.00
189 votes

#41 - Sound out, whistle

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 6

The Delphi kids are jealous of Peter's preference for Heidi. Onji comes down from the mountains to sell the wooden utensils he crafts and the cheese he makes to get groceries and all he needs in return. Convinced that the Delphi baker has tried to cheat him, Onji leaves angry and heads to a further village, where he gets a good deal. At his return, he finds Heidi home who is excited with all the things she's learnt during the day: now she can milk and whistle like a good goatherd. Onji observes her proudly and treats her with a yummy sweet he's bought for her.

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The burnt letter
star
7.98
190 votes

#42 - The burnt letter

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 5

Peter is entrusted with delivering a letter to Onji. Heidi distracts him showing the kid how Picchi has already learnt to fly and they leave to the high pastures where some goats get lost as the kids play. Peter and Heidi find the goats but a thick fog isolates them. Joseph, Ohi's dog, finds them and shows them the way back to the pastures where Onji waits. At the end of the day, he gets to read the letter that brings news from her aunt, who is well and happily established, wishing for Heidi to join her. Onji throws the letter to the fire. He can't conceive his life without the little girl now.

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Yuki-chan
star
7.96
182 votes

#43 - Yuki-chan

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 15

The summer is almost gone and the owners of Heidi's favourite goat decide not to send it anymore to the meadows to be sacrificed. It's a bittersweet day for Heidi and Pedro, who have fun in their last day with the goat but at the same time see their summer efforts unfruitful. In the very last moment, Heidi hides the goat at her grandfather's putting Peter's job at a stake, so the boy confesses where it is. When its righteous owner shows up to claim what is his own, Heidi manages to convince him to let the goat live.

Grampa's mountain cabin
star
7.91
224 votes

#44 - Grampa's mountain cabin

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 2

Heidi enjoys the simplicity and the freedom of her new life. Having been forced to seclusion before, she enjoys running around playing with the goats and enjoying the pleasures of nature. She makes herself a hay bed and explores her new home, while her grandfather Onji is won over bit by bit by her laughter, intelligence and enthusiasm.

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To the Alps
star
7.83
263 votes

#45 - To the Alps

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 1

Heidi, an orphan girl since she was 1 year old, has grown up under the care of her aunt Dete. However, just as she turns 5, Heidi is sent to live with her formidable grandfather Onji in the Swiss Alps when her aunt gets a housemaid job in Frankfurt. Heidi soon befriends a goatherd named Peter, and she is amazed with the beauty of the natural surroundings and explores her new home with visible satisfaction as Onji gets lost in his thoughts.

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Back to the meadow
star
7.76
97 votes

#46 - Back to the meadow

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 13

With the arrival of the spring, Peter's job as a goatherd starts again. He gathers all the goats and goes back to the meadows in Heidi's company. The mountain is full of activity again: the animals are busy everywhere, the birds are back and the fields are filled with flowers. A storm makes them seek for refuge, where a lost goat joins their flock. Its owner, a bad tempered shepherd, accuses them of thieves and gets into a fist fight with Peter. Joseph comes to the kids' rescue.

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Sad news
star
7.74
94 votes

#47 - Sad news

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 14

Peter is the bearer of bad news when he learns that Heidi's favourite goat is going to be sacrificed after the summer because it doesn't provide with enough milk. Heidi gets devastated by the news and her grandfather's words won't put her at ease. After having a nightmare at night, Ohi advices her to feed the goat with a particular kind of herb that could save the animal's life. Peter and Heidi spend the whole summer doing so.

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I want to go to the Alps
star
7.74
94 votes

#48 - I want to go to the Alps

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 40

Heidi, Onji, Josef and Chi return to the mountain hut for the summer, bidding farewell to the village of Delifi. Meanwhile, Clara reminds her father of his promise to let her visit Heidi in the Alps.

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Clara's wish
star
7.41
151 votes

#49 - Clara's wish

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 43

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Goat's baby
star
7.25
94 votes

#50 - Goat's baby

Heidi - Season 1 - Episode 37

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