The famous director, legend of the Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki is going to put his retirement on hold for work on one last film. During an interview with the New York Times, the 80-year-old director confirmed that he plans to make another feature, entitled How Do You Live?
When asked the reason for his decision, Miyazaki replied simply:
Because I wanted it.
His love for cinema and for what has been a life’s work therefore returns to be felt even after his retirement. Miyazaki had originally announced his abandonment of the scene in 2013, but later made a short film for Ghibli Museum, titled Earwing and the Witch, together with his son, Goro Miyazaki. For those interested, the film is now available on Netflix along with the other works of the studio.
In order to face the difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ghibli Museum opened a fundraiser a few months ago, and is now ready to shine again, although Japan is one of the most suffering victims of the virus.
Speaking of his father’s return to the world of cinema, Goro claimed that Hayao Miyazaki needed to create another movie, as if it were necessary for him to return to life. Although the details of How Do You Live? wait, we know that the film will be based on a 1937 novel, written by Genzaburo Yoshino.
The producer of Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki, he described the film as a “large-scale fantasy”. He also claimed to see himself again in one of the characters, who is not a human being. The novel tells the story of the 15-year-old Junichi Honda after his father’s death. The boy, known by the nickname of Koperu (deriving from the astronomer Copernicus), he goes to live with his uncle and finds himself seeing his days turned upside down. The book explores Koperu’s way of fitting into the structure of society, and deals with his perspective on the world.
At the end of the novel, the narrator asks the reader a question: How do you live? While How Do You Live? is in the works since the announcement, in 2018, the audience was offered hope in the interview. It seems that the film is now close. Studio Ghibli hopes to be able to launch the film in the next 3 years.
When Hayao Miyazaki was asked the same question as in the novel, that is How do you live?, the director replied:
I’m working on this film precisely because I don’t know the answer.
How Do You Live? will it really be the last film of the genius of animation?
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