The Boy and the Heron (2023)Director: Hayao MiyazakiScreenwriter: Hayao MiyazakiStarring: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Shōhei Hino, Ko Shibasaki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Jun Kunimura In 2013, Hayao Miyazaki released The Wind Rises, widely reported to be his final film before retirement. A year later, When Marnie Was There came out along with […]
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Spirited Away (2001) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki Starring (English Dub): Daveigh Chase, Suzanne Pleshette, Jason Marsden, Susan Egan, David Ogden Stiers It may be pretentious to claim that 20 years of Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away is an occasion of solemnity, but it is undeniable that for many people the marking of this particular
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This article was originally published to SSP Thinks Film by Sam Sewell-Peterson. Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Chieko Baishô, Takuya Kimura, Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Tatsuya Gashûin, Akihiro Miwa Environmentalism, war and peace, pride and corruption, coming of age and redemption – it can only be a fairytale from acclaimed Japanese animation director Hayao
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Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Screenwriter: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Keiko Toda, Minami Takayama, Mieko Nobusawa Kiki’s Delivery Service is a lovely big hug in movie form. Studio Ghibli maestro Hayao Miyazaki seems to have two primary storytelling modes: wondrous adventures to ponder and make you think (Princess
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