Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery (2005)

Name: Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery
Director: Yves Montmayeur
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005-01-07
Duration: 53 min

Japanese, French 53m

Documentary

Directed by Yves Montmayeur

Release Date 07 Jan 2005

About Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery Movie

Ghibli and The Miyazaki Mystery, released in 2005, is a Documentary Movie from director Yves Montmayeur. Available in Japanese, French. 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