TOhe age of 81, Hayao Miyazaki is ready to come back with a new movie: How do you live. This the working title of the cartoon or animated film that will be released in theaters July 14, 2023 (in Japan). The announcement comes from Studio Ghibli.
Hayao Miyazaki returns with How do you live
In truth, after retiring in 2013 – for reasons obviously related to age and age too long production times of his films – Hayao has never stood still. So much so that in 2017 it was revealed that he would participated in the development of a project five years long.
That project is now called How do you live, inspired by the novel of the same name by Yoshino Genzaburō, released in 1937. News that makes the fans happy but also all the occasional admirers of the master.
How do you livethe plot
The protagonist of the novel, then of the film, is Junichi Honda, a bright and popular fifteen-year-old student, nicknamed Koperu, in homage to the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Following his father’s death when he was still a child, he lives alone with his mother.
Hayao Miyazaki. (Getty Images)
Despite the loss of the parent, finds a father figure in his uncle. Theirs is a strong relationship, made up of mutual exchanges: Junichi talks to him about his life and his uncle takes the role of adviser, helping him in difficult times. Also, pin their conversations on a diarywith the aim of giving it to him one day.
Hayao Miyazaki career
In over sixty years of career, the director has collected dozens of hits. Among these the Academy Award and Golden Bear win for The enchanted cityto date the highest grossing ever in Japan. At the box office he also triumphed with Princess Mononoke, The Moving Castle of Howl And Ponyo on the cliff, present in the Japanese top ten of the greatest collections in history. Among other important films, they are remembered Lupine III, My Neighbor Totoro And Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
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