His company, Studio Ghibli, decided to make it “like when we were kids.” In addition, it was confirmed that “El Niño y el Herón” will arrive in the United States “later this year.”
Hayao Miyazaki is he Japan’s most successful filmmaker and his Studio Ghibli films are considered precious objects of culture around the world. This Friday, he premiered in his country what he says will be his latest film: “How do You Live?”. The curiosity is that its recognition is so massive that decided that it was not necessary to release more than a poster to promote the premiere.
“A poster and a title, that’s all we had when we were kids”, explained the president and co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Toshio Suzuki. In an interview with the Japanese signal NHK, he explained to them: “I enjoyed trying to imagine what it was about the movieand I wanted to bring that feeling back.”
Without a trailer or any other type of promotion, it has now also been confirmed that the film will arrive “later this year” in the United States. This was confirmed by the distributor GKIDS, which also announced that in that country the film would be called: “The Boy and the Heron”.
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For now It is unknown when the film will arrive in our country. Following the usual times after a release in the United States, it is likely that it will open in Argentina during the first half of 2024.
Miyazaki originally retired in 2013 after premiering “Se Levanta el Viento”. Suzuki, who accompanied the artist throughout his career, revealed that the director now wants to deliver one last film for leave it to his grandson.
The filmmaker was the director and screenwriter of the winner al Oscar Award for Best Animated Film: Spirited Away. He also worked on animation classics such as My Neighbor Totoro, The Incredible Vagabond Castle or Kiki: home deliveries, among others.
What is known about the latest film by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli
The Child and the Heron will be inspired by a children’s novel of the same namepublished in 1937 and written by Yoshino Genzaburo. Miyazaki often stressed the importance that this book and his films had for him. In the same sense, the novel will be important for the 15-year-old who will star in the film, “a huge fantastic story” set in the Japan a few years before the World War.
The artist has been working on this film very little by little. It took him three years to do the first 36 minutes hand drawn.
Source: Ambito
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