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21. Aug. 2023 · How Do You Live? is the final film by Hayao Miyazaki, inspired by his favourite childhood book and dedicated to his grandson. The film follows a boy who meets a heron and travels to an alternate world, exploring themes of death and grief.
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(君たちはどう生きるか, Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, lit. "How do you live?") is an animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. Distributed by Toho, it was released in Japan on July 14, 2023. The story follows a boy, Mahito Maki, negotiating the difficult relationship with his father and step mother. Throughout, he is regu...
The protagonist is a Japanese boy named Mahito Maki. In 1944, during the Pacific War, his mother was hospitalized and killed in an air raid on Tokyo, and the family was evacuated to the suburbs with his father's fighter plane factory. Mahito was unable to accept his mother's sister, who was pregnant with his father's child, as his new mother, and was isolated even at his new school. One day, at an evacuated house, he finds a book titled
In the woods in the garden of the house, there stands an abandoned Western-style house. The house had been built by a legendary man who was also Mahito's great uncle. Then a grey heron who spoke human language appeared before him and said, "Your mother is waiting for you. She is not dead." The grey heron leads Mahito into the Western-style house.
The film score was composed by Miyazaki's longtime collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The soundtrack, consisting of 37 songs, was released in Japan on August 9, 2023, by Tokuma Japan Communications. Kenshi Yonezu was in charge of the theme song, titled "Chikyūgi" (地球儀, lit. "Globe") in Japan, and titled "Spinning Globe" internationally. Yonezu's first visit to Studio Ghibli in 2018 led to his collaboration with Miyazaki, driven by his composition of "Paprika" for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Suzuki witnessed Miyazaki singing the song with children at Ghibli's nursery school, and the director approved the composition after reviewing a demo recording. Yonezu, shown storyboards and provided with project details, engaged in a five-year creative process with Miyazaki and Suzuki, resulting in the completion of the musical composition.
Joe Hisaishi composed the soundtrack for the film. He met with Hayao Miyazaki and saw the film on 7 July 2022, when the film was 95% complete. He considered his work to be completely different from his prior contributions with Ghibli. After the meeting, Miyazaki left him with the complete responsibility of composing the music, from the tones, orchestration, and instrumentation choices, a sharp departure from his prior collabortions. In the first half of the film, he chose a minialist approach by having very few instruments as possible. In the second half, the musical palette gets bigger, creating a view “of heaven and hell,” according to Hisaishi, as only a full orchestra can. But the main theme, “Ask Me Why,” doesn’t necessarily unfold and develop into something bigger each time it appears. Hisaishi keeps it small and personal, playing the piano part himself, so that it feels like something at the core of Mahito’s heart. The influence on his minimalism was influenced by Western composers, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass.
In 2013, Studio Ghibli president Koji Hoshino announced during the premiere of "The Wind Rises" that Hayao Miyazaki would retire from the producing feature films.
Miyazaki commenced animation work in July 2016, later confirmed by studio executive Toshio Suzuki.
By February 24, 2017, Toshio Suzuki made a statement during "Oscar Week 2017" (an event held a week before the Academy Awards), that Miyazaki is withdrawing from his retirement to produce a new feature-length animated film. Once Suzuki began working on “The Red Turtle” (2016), Miyazaki returned to the producer with a new idea for a feature. When a reporter asked about Hayao Miyazaki's next movie, Suzuki smiled and prefaced, "It didn't take a year to say that (Miyazaki) wanted to return to active duty (after announcing his retirement). I will never forget, July 1st (2016). (Miyazaki) brought a proposal to me. A feature film proposal. He said, "I'll draft the e-conte (storyboard) for the first 20 minutes, so Mr. Suzuki, please judge whether this is interesting.” At the end of last year, I read it. I was really worried. I was worried. The content was really interesting..."
The film was at one point suggested to be released around the time of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
By May 19, 2017, Ghibli's production department was reopened and began rehiring many of its past collaborators.
In October 2017, during a commemorative event at Waseda University for the author Natsume Sōseki, Hayao Miyazaki revealed to the thousand attendees that his the new film would be an adaptation of the novel, "How Do You Live?". The film is expected to take three to four years to complete. Suzuki revealed that Miyazaki is working with his grandson in mind after he (Hayao Miyazaki) passes on.
The film was release in Japan on July 14, 2023. On the same day, the English title for the film was announced as The Boy and the Heron for US release slated later this year.
The film made its international debut at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It made its USA premiere at the 61st New York Film Festival.
Matteo Watzky for Full Frontal described the film's narrative as difficult to assess and wrote, "One of the film’s most striking aspects, and perhaps what might make it a difficult watch for some, is how slow it is. [...] There is none of the exhilarating energy one might find in Laputa or even the density of Spirited Away‘s world: the sense of wonder is still there, but it is far more contemplative".
On opening day in Shinjuku, the largest business district in Tokyo, dozens of of people lined up outside a cinema for the first screening. Multiple other cinemas had numerous people come and watch.
Taichiro Yoshini, grandson of How Do You Live? author Genzaburo Yoshino, had attended a private screening of the film in February 2023, and had sat there in a daze, and struggled to digest the film’s messages. He also described the film as a “separate work” but perhaps share the same theme – How to live with oneself and accept a world characterized by conflict and loss.
On December 13, 2022, Studio Ghibli announced the film's released date to be July 14, 2023 for theaters in Japan.
It had its Canadian premiere at Toronto International Film Festival.
In the United States, it had its premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 1, 2023.
•This is the second Studio Ghibli film to win the Best Animated Feature Oscar and the first one since Spirited Away.
How Do You Live (Kimitachi wa Do Ikiru ka) takes its title from the 1937 novel by Genzaburo Yoshino, but its story is a wholly original one, penned by Miyazaki. The film is set in Japan...
- Matt Schley
10. Juli 2023 · The legendary animator's last movie is a "big, fantastical story" that opens in Japan with no fanfare. Find out why Miyazaki and Ghibli are keeping it a secret and how to watch it in IMAX.
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13. Dez. 2022 · »How Do You Live?« wird unter der Leitung von Hayao Miyazaki, der bei dem Film sowohl die Regie übernimmt als auch die Geschichte und das Drehbuch verfasst, produziert. Details zu weiteren Mitwirkenden sowie zum japanischen Sprechercast wurden bislang noch nicht verraten. Werbung.
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20. Feb. 2024 · How Do You Live? is a fantasy film by Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary anime director, who claims it will be his final work. It is adapted from a 1937 novel by Yoshino Genzaburō, and follows a teenage boy and his uncle who share their diaries and ethical dilemmas.
