Movie: Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

Top 8 Billed Cast

Hayao Miyazaki
宮崎駿

Self - Interviewee

Isao Takahata
高畑勲

Self - Interviewee

Takashi Murakami
村上隆

Self - Interviewee

Jean Giraud
Jean Giraud

Self - Interviewee

Giannalberto Bendazzi
Giannalberto Bendazzi

Self - Interviewee

Michel Ocelot
Michel Ocelot

Self - Interviewee

Joe Hisaishi
久石譲

Self - Interviewee

Toshio Suzuki
鈴木敏夫

Self - Interviewee

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  • Overview

    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

  • Release Date

    2005-01-07

  • Average

    6.6

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
  • Tagline

    The phantasmagorical world of Japan's most famed anime house is delightfully unfurled for beginners and devotees in

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  • Languages:

    Français日本語

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