Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

Synopsis

Studio Ghibli is Japan's most successful animation studio, with helmers Hayao Miyazaki ("Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro") and Isao Takahata ("Grave of The Fireflies," "The Tale of Princess Kaguya") creating a bonanza for producer/prexy Toshio Suzuki. Generously adorned with clips from their films and their influences, the docu follows Ghibli's arc from a mid-'60s rebellion against working conditions at Toei Co. to its present powerhouse position, complete with public fun park. All interviews are illuminating, but Miyazaki is teasingly confined to pic's tete-a-tete finale with esteemed French comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud. Meeting of the wizened European, whose imprint is on films from "Blade Runner" to "The Fifth Element," and the apparently relaxed Nipponese helmer makes an interesting contrast, and will be of special interest to Francophiles. All credits are impeccable

Main Cast

Hayao Miyazaki

Self - Interviewee

Age : 83 | Popularity : 30%

Isao Takahata

Self - Interviewee

Age : 82 | Popularity : 5%

Takashi Murakami

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Jean Giraud

Self - Interviewee

Age : 73 | Popularity : 4%

Giannalberto Bendazzi

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Michel Ocelot

Self - Interviewee

Age : 80 | Popularity : 3%

Joe Hisaishi

Self - Interviewee

Age : 73 | Popularity : 3%

Toshio Suzuki

Self - Interviewee

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Screenplay	Yves Montmayeur
Directing	Director	Yves Montmayeur
Editing	Editor	Olivier Heinemann
Department	Role	Name

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