Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery

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

6.6

53 min

Cast

Hayao Miyazaki

as Self - Interviewee

Isao Takahata

as Self - Interviewee

Takashi Murakami

as Self - Interviewee

Jean Giraud

as Self - Interviewee

Giannalberto Bendazzi

as Self - Interviewee

Michel Ocelot

as Self - Interviewee

Joe Hisaishi

as Self - Interviewee

Toshio Suzuki

as Self - Interviewee

Director

Yves Montmayeur