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It is a 2011 Japanese animated drama film. Directed by Goro Miyazaki. ( Hence the ‘Miyazaki’ feel! ) Written by Hayao Miyazaki & Keiko Niwa. It is based on the 1980 serialised manga of the same name illustrated by Chizuru Takahashi. Written by Tetsuro Sayama. Th efilm has the voices of Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, keiko TakeshitaContinue reading “From Up on Poppy Hill”

lit. ‘Memories Come Tumbling Down’ is a 1991 Japanese animated film. Written & directed by Isao Miyazaki. It is based on the 1982 manga of the same title by Hotaru Okamoto & Yuko Tone. It tells the story of Taeko, the third daughter in the family. Her school, classmates in grade fifth, all come to herContinue reading “Only Yesterday”

Lit. ‘The Wind Has Risen’ is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film. Written & directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Animated by Studio Ghibli. It was released in Japan on 20 July 2013. The film’s title comes from the poetic line: ’The wind rises ! We must try to live’. It is a fictionalised biographical film of Jiro HorikoshiContinue reading “The Wind Rises”

English : The Crucible’is a 2011 South Korean crime drama film. It is based on the novel ‘The Crucible’ by Gong Ji young. Directed by Hwang Dong hyuk . It stars Gong Yoo & Jung Yu mi. Kang In ho is the newly appointed art teacher at a school for deaf children in the fictional cityContinue reading “Silenced”

Re-visiting the opening episodes of the popular drama, gave me another insight into the relationships there. The tomboyish Eun chan delivers food to Han gyeol. Fresh from his shower he is wiping his feet with a towel. With the delivery boy he is not embarrassed that he is half naked. ( Later, he knows &Continue reading “Coffee Prince”

It is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy film. Co-written & directed by Isao Takahata that is an adaptation of ‘The tale of the Bamboo Cutter’, a 10th century Japanese literary tale. It was produced by Studio Ghibli for Nippon Television Network. The voice cast featured Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora , Takeo Chii with others. It wasContinue reading “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya”

It is a 1984 Japanese post -apocalyptic anime fantasy film. Written & directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It is based on his 1982 manga. It was animated by Topcraft for Tokuma Shoten & Hakuhodo. Joe Hisaishi , in his first collaboration with Miyazaki, composed the score. The voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoji Matsuda with others.Continue reading “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind”

It is a 2018 Japanese animated anthology film . Produced by Studio Ponoc. The film is the first volume in the studio’s Ponoc Short Films theater anthology & includes films written & directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Yoshiyuki Momose & Akihiko Yamashita. The first is ‘ Kanini & Kanino’. They are anthropomorphized fresh water crab siblings who live underContinue reading “Modest Heroes”

A Whisker Away lit. ‘Wanting to cry, I pretend to be a Cat’. It is a 2020 Anime romantic fantasy film. Produced by Studio Colorido, Toho Animation & Twin Engine. Directed by Junichi Sato & Tomotaka Shibayama. It was released on June 28, 2020 on Netflix. Miyo Saski is an unhappy *th grader living inContinue reading “A Whisker Away”

It was inevitable that I write about him. His films are inspirational, good looking & feel good. Right from the beginning I have a thing for a girl protagonist, all his films have a strong minded girl who works independently. Born in 1041, he is the co-founder of Studio Ghilbi. Masterful storyteller & creator of JapaneseContinue reading “Hayao Miyazaki”