The influence of Hayao Miyazaki
fluoro provides an insight into the career of the influential Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
Miyazaki represents an individual fully immersed in the film industry, having held broad roles ranging from director, animator, illustrator, manga artist, producer and screenwriter.
Directing his first feature film in 1979 (The Castle of Cagliostro), Miyazaki kicked off a promising career that saw him cement his place in the industry over the following decades. In 1985, he co-founded the film and animation studio Studio Ghilbli, with Isao Takahata. It wasn’t until the 1990s that Miyazaki’s films began to resonate with the Western world. Miyakazaki’s 1997 film ‘Princes Mononoke’ was the highest-grossing film in Japan at the time and brought his work to the world. While popular anime feature ‘Spirited Away’ became the first anime film to win an academy award in 2002.
‘The Wind Rises’, Miyazaki’s final film before he retired, was officially released in 2013. The film is based on Tatsuo Hori’s novel ‘The Wind has Risen’ and follows the story of aircraft engineer Jiro Horikoshi. Horikoshi is a fictional character at the centre of a tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.
Australian audiences will be able to view ‘The Wind Rises’ in cinemas from Thursday 27 February 2014. The film has also been nominated for ‘Best Animated Feature’ at the 2014 Academy Awards.
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