While much of the Cannes Classics lineup this year look far back in cinema history, a new documentary in the lineup captures a behind-the-scenes look at a recent masterpiece. Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron is an expanded version of Kaku Arakawa’s documentary 2399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli, which recently aired on Japanese television. Capturing the Studio Ghibli founder’s nearly seven-year journey in crafting his recent Oscar winner, the first trailer has now arrived following the film’s premiere, which coincides with the studio receiving an Honorary Palme d’Or.
Here’s the synopsis: “Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron is a two-hour documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years. It is also a record of the collaboration between filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki as they perform an intricate dance of disappointment and friendship,...
Here’s the synopsis: “Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron is a two-hour documentary that chronicles the making of The Boy and the Heron, filmed with exclusive access to Studio Ghibli across an astonishing seven years. It is also a record of the collaboration between filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki as they perform an intricate dance of disappointment and friendship,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Titled after Kaku Arakawa’s Nhk documentary about the Japanese anime visionary Hayao Miyazaki “Never-Ending Man”, Steve Alpert’s business memoir “Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man” tells the story of the famed anime studio from a different perspective, that of business.
In the middle of the nineties, the then-Disney employee Steve Alpert was scouted by Toshio Suzuki from Studio Ghibli to head the newly opened international division of the studio’s parent company, the conglomerate Tokuma Shoten. For the next fifteen years, he worked for the company, helping it grow and get numerous international deals. Together with that, he was also a member of the board of directors of the studio and the only non-Japanese at that, in the entire company. As such, Alpert had a unique position within the company. As a high-level insider, he had direct contact both with the boss of Tokuma Shoten,...
In the middle of the nineties, the then-Disney employee Steve Alpert was scouted by Toshio Suzuki from Studio Ghibli to head the newly opened international division of the studio’s parent company, the conglomerate Tokuma Shoten. For the next fifteen years, he worked for the company, helping it grow and get numerous international deals. Together with that, he was also a member of the board of directors of the studio and the only non-Japanese at that, in the entire company. As such, Alpert had a unique position within the company. As a high-level insider, he had direct contact both with the boss of Tokuma Shoten,...
- 8/12/2020
- by martin
- AsianMoviePulse
Hayao Miyazaki needs no special introduction. The Japanese filmmaker, second after Kurosawa to receive the honorary Oscar for his outstanding motion picture achievements, has appealed to a broad international audience, winning many hearts belonging not only to anime enthusiasts. Few times already he has announced his retirement, but none of those announcements proved permanent in effect. It seems he just can’t stop making movies and creativity pulsates in his veins.
The documentarist, Kaku Arakawa, had a rare opportunity to get an insight into the master’s creative process. After meeting the director in 2005, he was allowed to shadow him at work (and even outside the Ghibli studio during more private moments) to register hours of behind-the-scenes material. The only condition was that he had to film all by himself, with no other crew members. The 4-episode TV miniseries “10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki” made for the national Japanese broadcaster Nhk is the result.
The documentarist, Kaku Arakawa, had a rare opportunity to get an insight into the master’s creative process. After meeting the director in 2005, he was allowed to shadow him at work (and even outside the Ghibli studio during more private moments) to register hours of behind-the-scenes material. The only condition was that he had to film all by himself, with no other crew members. The 4-episode TV miniseries “10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki” made for the national Japanese broadcaster Nhk is the result.
- 6/2/2019
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki chronicles the inevitable un-retirement of its legendary subject, but despite the predictable return of Hayao Miyazaki to the world of animation, the Kaku Arakawa documentary has a few surprises hidden up its sleeves. Namely, Miyazaki’s first dalliance with an entirely CG-animated project. The famous advocate for traditional hand-drawn animation, who notoriously once called […]
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- 12/16/2018
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Hayao Miyazaki has threatened to quit before, so you can’t blame the “Spirited Away” director’s fans for being just a wee bit skeptical when Miyazaki announced in September 2013 that “The Wind Rises” would be his final feature. “But… this time… I mean it,” he insisted at a crowded press conference, unable to keep a straight face as the words left his lips — as if the person he was most trying to convince was himself.
Certainly, documentary filmmaker Kaku Arakawa had his doubts that Studio Ghibli — the anime company Miyazaki co-founded with director Isao Takahata — was gone for good, even though it had officially dismissed its hundreds of employees and now sat empty. Over the previous decade, Arakawa had visited the studio on various occasions to shoot TV reports, establishing a rapport that served as the excuse to check in with the director at his personal atelier in early...
Certainly, documentary filmmaker Kaku Arakawa had his doubts that Studio Ghibli — the anime company Miyazaki co-founded with director Isao Takahata — was gone for good, even though it had officially dismissed its hundreds of employees and now sat empty. Over the previous decade, Arakawa had visited the studio on various occasions to shoot TV reports, establishing a rapport that served as the excuse to check in with the director at his personal atelier in early...
- 12/14/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Here is just a tiny sample of the many different ways that Hayao Miyazaki — arguably the greatest animator the cinema has ever seen — describes himself in Kaku Arakawa’s documentary about the artist’s life since his most recent attempt to retire: “I’m an old geezer.” “I’m used up.” And, at the 2013 press conference where he publicly declared that his beloved Studio Ghibli would no longer be in the business of making feature-length films: “I’ve decided to treat any desire to continue as the delusions of an old man.”
As anyone who’s seen Mami Sunada’s extraordinary “The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness” already knows, Miyazaki can be kind of a buzzkill. And here, in “Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki,” the creator of profoundly vital movies like “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away” is full-on goth.
Originally aired on Nhk World TV in 2016, and now being released in U.
As anyone who’s seen Mami Sunada’s extraordinary “The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness” already knows, Miyazaki can be kind of a buzzkill. And here, in “Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki,” the creator of profoundly vital movies like “My Neighbor Totoro” and “Spirited Away” is full-on goth.
Originally aired on Nhk World TV in 2016, and now being released in U.
- 12/13/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
‘Never-Ending Man’ Trailer: Hayao Miyazaki Doc Gives A Peek Into The Life Of The Legendary Filmmaker
No matter your age, it’s hard not to get excited by the announcement of a new film with Hayao Miyazaki’s name attached to it. Though, in this case, it’s is a little different. “Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki,” directed by Kaku Arakawa, is a documentary that follows the life of the famed filmmaker during his (brief) retirement, through his new interest in digital animation, and his constant attempts to outdo himself.
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- 10/5/2018
- by Margaret Kennedy
- The Playlist
"What do I do with the time I have left?" GKids has unveiled an official Us trailer for the long lost Miyazaki documentary titled Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki, which they will be releasing in Us theaters later this year (via Awards Circuit). The doc was originally made for TV and released in Japan back in 2016, but has been awaiting an international release ever since then. Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki spends intimate time with Miyazaki-san himself, examining his time since retirement in 2013. It follows his very first attempts to use computers for animation. The big question it asks: "Can an old master who thinks he's past his prime shine once again?" This film fits right in with that other wonderful Ghibli doc, Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. I can't wait to see this, I've been waiting patiently for it..! Finally coming to theaters. New Us trailer (+ poster) for Kaku Arakawa's doc Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki,...
- 9/27/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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