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72% Critic Match
Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
“The phantasmagorical world of Japan's most famed anime house is delightfully unfurled for beginners and devotees in”
7.2 / 10• 2005• 53m•NR• French
Documentary
Storyline
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
Cast & Crew
Hayao Miyazaki
Self - Interviewee
Lead
Isao Takahata
Self - Interviewee
Takashi Murakami
Self - Interviewee
Jean Giraud
Self - Interviewee
GB
Giannalberto Bendazzi
Self - Interviewee
Michel Ocelot
Self - Interviewee
Joe Hisaishi
Self - Interviewee
Toshio Suzuki
Self - Interviewee
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Yves Montmayeur's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
