Presumably, most people only know about Miyazaki Jun after watching "Spirited Away", and remembering him may be in the ethereal and soothing ** of "Castle in the Sky". Miyazaki Jun has a very good market in China, firstly, because of his prolific classics, and all his films are so gentle, beautiful, and romantic;The second reason is that he is one of the few well-known people among the Japanese who is sober-minded, has a good conscience, and has the courage to express justice. A netizen said: "Jun Miyazaki, a Japanese animation master who feels warm and pure when I see the name." ”
The aesthetic painting style, the first-class story, the eclectic imagination, the fantasy world created by Miyazaki Jun has nourished the hearts of countless people, he is the first thinker to raise animation to the height of humanity, he is a legend in the Japanese animation industry!His animation is even comparable to Disney and DreamWorks, so he is known as the Shakespeare of the animation industry, Disney calls him "Akira Kurosawa of animation", and Time magazine evaluates him as the most influential person in the world!
1. Miyazaki's works and achievements.
Jun Miyazaki, born in Tokyo on January 5, 1941, is a Japanese animator, animator producer, manga artist, animation director, and animation screenwriter. Graduated from the Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Tokyo Gakushuin University. The Miyazaki family's "Miyazaki Aviation Kogaku" aircraft factory belongs to the military industry, so the family did not have to worry about food and clothing in the most difficult times, so Miyazaki Jun spent a happy and free childhood. From an early age, he was particularly interested in airplanes, which became a lifelong hobby. He is the second of four brothers, so he does not have to inherit the family business and can freely choose to do what he likes. Since he was not in good health since he was a child, he was not good at sports, so he liked static paintings. In his junior year of high school, he watched the first color animated feature film in Japanese history, "The Legend of the White Snake", and began to become interested in animation. During his college years, he created a large number of comics.
In 1963, Jun Miyazaki joined Toei Animation as an animator. At first, he worked as a low-level concept artist and designer, but later he was promoted to the position of main producer and served as the secretary of the Toei Animation Union.
In 1964, he began to assist in organizing trade union activities within the company. In the same year, he was moved by the Soviet Union's feature-length animation "Snow Queen" and decided to choose animators as a lifelong career.
In 1965, the union began to produce the animated feature film "The Great Adventure of the Sun Prince Halls", and because Miyazaki played a large role in his work, they invented a position for him: scene design.
In 1969, Jun Miyazaki produced the illustrated work "Puss in Boots", and began to publish the short comic "People of the Desert" in the newspaper.
In 1971, Jun Miyazaki left Toei Animation to join the animation department established by Osamu Tezuka, and went abroad for the first time to study in Scotland, and the scenery of European villages and towns that he saw later appeared in his films many times.
In 1972, Miyazaki created a large number of works, among which the film "Panda Family" was the first attempt to depict daily life.
In 1974, Jun Miyazaki left Osamu Tezuka's animation department to join Best Imaging and co-created the TV work "Girl in the Alps".
In 1975, Miyazaki was responsible for the design and composition of the picture, and co-created the TV works "Three Thousand Miles to Find My Mother" and "Anne the Red-Haired Girl".
In 1977, Miyazaki made his first directorship and produced the TV animated feature film "Future Shonen Conan".
In 1979, Miyazaki moved to Tokyo Film Shinsha as a producer and created his first film, Lupin III: The City of Cagliostro. This ** work adapts to the trend of the time and has a distinctive European and American painting style.
In 1982, Jun Miyazaki began to create manga independently, and the manga "Valley of the Wind" was published on "Animage", which won the 23rd Japan Manga Association Awards.
In 1983, Miyazaki began directing the animated film "Valley of the Wind" for the first time, and he was responsible for all the work of directing, scripting, and storyboarding.
In 1984, Studio Ghibli's first masterpiece "Valley of the Wind" was released. The film tells the story of thousands of years after the collapse of civilization, the world is covered by a new ecosystem called the Rotten Sea, which only giant insects can adapt, and people actively survive under the threat of giant insects and the Rotten Sea. "It only takes one day for fire to turn a forest to ashes, but it takes a hundred years for water and wind to cultivate a strong forest. This line in the film directly points to the theme of the film: the increasingly violent contradiction between industrial civilization and the natural environment. The film finally won 4 awards including the Best Animated Short Film Award at the Rome Fantastic Film Festival.
In 1985, Jun Miyazaki, together with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli and served as the picture book supervisor for "Journey to Shuna".
In 1986, the animated film "Castle in the Sky", which was originally written by Jun Miyazaki and was directed, scripted and set by the characters, was released. The film tells the story of a mysterious island with a legendary treasure, that is, the city in the sky, with the girl Hida, the young Pazu and the army, pirates and others who have the flying stone leading to the island, and she and the young Pazu stop the army from destroying it. The film won 6 awards, including the 41st Mainichi Movie Awards, including the Noburo Oto Award. Some classic lines in the film are unforgettable: "The more I try to forget, the more I remember it." "No one can turn back the clock and start all over again, but everyone can start today and create a new ending. ”
In 1988, Jun Miyazaki directed the animated film "My Neighbor Totoro". The film tells the story of Tatsuro Kusakabe who takes his daughters back to live in the countryside, and the story between the two sisters and Totoro. This is one of the few films in Miyazaki's film that is suitable for younger children, where there is no fighting, only peace of mind and innocence. The film won 24 awards, including the Best Director Award at the 13th Reporting Knowledge Film Awards. Similarly, some of the classic lines in this ** are also unforgettable: "Recognize the world, and then love it." Just like this, you may not be in this world in the next life, some troubles, lose it, and have a chance to be light. "Life gets better if it's bad enough because it can't get worse. After working hard, I realized many things, and I persevered and came over. "The leisurely life in the countryside, the laughter of children, such a beautiful childhood, will warm the whole life." ”
In 1989, Jun Miyazaki's first animated film "Witch Home Delivery Service" to challenge the theme of girl growth was released. This is also a story about growing up, the magic ** Kiki leaves home to practice independently, and the adolescent girl wants to be independent and self-reliant, but has to face all kinds of difficult tests. Some of the classic lines in this ** are also unforgettable: "I can accept failure, but I definitely can't accept myself who has not struggled." "A person can only hear his own voice when he travels, and it will tell you that the world is wider than you think. "Growing up is a transaction, and we all exchange simple innocence for unadulterated innocence for the courage to grow up. ”
In 1992, the animated film "Porco Rosso" directed by Jun Miyazaki was released. This work is adapted from the manga "Airship Age" created by Jun Miyazaki, and tells the story of Poluk, who is cursed by himself and turned into a pig, to fight against air robbers and protect those around him. This ** expresses the idea of anti-war: "I like the beauty of weapons, but I hate this war." ”
In 1994, the ten-year manga "Valley of the Wind" finally came to an end. We are also left with so many philosophical words: "Take faith and go to find your own kingdom, even if it is for the rest of your life." "The farthest journey is from one's own body to one's own heart, from one person's heart to another's heart. "To be strong is not to shed a tear in the face of sadness, but to wipe away your tears and face the future life with a smile. ”
In 1997, Jun Miyazaki directed the animated film "Princess Mononoke". The film starts from the natural contradiction between man and nature, and explores the proposition that man and nature can coexist in harmony. Due to the film's grand scenes and exquisite production, the film became the box office champion of Japanese films in 1997 with a box office of 19.3 billion, and won 27 awards including the best film at the 21st Japan Film Academy.
There are more philosophical lines left in this **: "You said you would love me for the rest of your life, I was so stupid, I actually forgot to ask, is it this life or the next life." "No matter how deeply you have been hurt, there will always be someone who will show up and ask you to forgive all the difficulties that life has done to you before. "If you are strong in your heart, you can apologize, but you must be stronger in order to forgive." "The places that can't be reached are called far away, and the world that can't be returned is called hometown, but what I have always longed for is a place farther away than the distance. "Fate cannot be changed by anyone, but he can decide whether to wait for death or face it. "Our lives are too short to witness those words that are so far away that they are trance-like, such as the eternal world, the end of the cape, the blue yellow spring, and the vicissitudes of the sea. So, to live. ”
In 2001, Jun Miyazaki directed the film "Spirited Away". This is an anime work with distinct Miyazaki Jun characteristics, and it is also a film about growing up, humanity, and finding oneself. It tells the story of Chihiro, a 10-year-old child who turned into a pig in order to save his family who was punished, and became strong and brave through many hardships. In the same year, the film once again won the first place in the total box office of Japanese films. The film also won 9 awards, including the Best Animated Feature Award at the 75th Academy Awards and the Golden Bear Award at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Of course, such a landmark film naturally has some classic lines: "Don't eat too much, you will become a pig." "It is only by dedicating oneself to society that one can find the meaning of that short and risky life. "People often lie to you to make you understand that sometimes, the only person you should trust is yourself. "Life gets better if it's bad enough because it can't get worse. "I can only send you here, and you have to walk the rest of the way yourself, and don't look back." "You never know when someone casually says goodbye to you, and then they really don't say goodbye. "No matter how hard the road ahead is, as long as you go in the right direction, no matter how bumpy it is, you are closer to happiness than standing still. ”
In 2002, Jun Miyazaki directed the film "Cat's Kindness": "I always believe that in this world, there must be another self, doing what I dare not do, living the life I want to live." ”
In 2004, Jun Miyazaki directed the film "Howl's Moving Castle". This is one of Miyazaki's most girly works, telling the story of the girl Sophie who was cursed by the witch of the wilderness and turned into a 90-year-old old lady, accidentally entered the moving castle and met Hal, and gradually learned about the inner world of this magician in the day and night with Hal. The theme of this film is also anti-war and self-searching. Sophie and Hal eventually awaken their hidden true heart through true love, and after the tempering of the world, they have become strong and determined enough. The film won 8 awards including the Best Animated Film Award at the 9th Hollywood Film Awards. The classic lines of this film are: "How can people be good, but the degree of bad is different." "The world is so big, life is so long, there will always be such a person, so you just want to be gentle. "The only good thing about getting old is that you have less to lose. "Let's just admit that we're not that strong, we don't want to be invulnerable like that, we just want to be warmly hugged. ”
In 2008, the movie "Goldfish on the Cliff" directed by Jun Miyazaki was released. This is another of Miyazaki's most childlike works, telling the story of the mermaid princess Ponyo who falls in love with the human boy Sousuke and wants to become a **. The film won the Best Animated Film Award at the 32nd Japan Academy Film AwardsDigital Award for Future Cinema at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. The famous line of this film is: "I don't know how much I like you, but I must have run to see you." "Every move is a promise, which will be seen and remembered by another person. ”
In 2010, Jun Miyazaki successively released the short film "Yeast-kun and the Egg Princess" and the animated film "The Villain Who Borrowed Things, Arieti". The classic line of the latter is as follows: "My smile can be given to anyone, but my heart, only for you." "Don't give up, take it one step at a time, don't let the opportunity slip away from you, and eventually you'll get to where you want to go." "Your world is one of my bravest adventures. ”
In 2011, Jun Miyazaki worked as a screenwriter and producer to complete the animated film "The Hillside of Poppy Blooming". The film won the 40th Annie Award for Best Screenplay for Animated Film. The line "After many years, when I think back to the confusion and persistence of my youth, maybe I don't remember the reason, youth is to make you laugh openly, and it also gives you inexplicable pain" is enough to cause youth!
In 2012, Miyazaki was awarded the title of "Cultural Meritor" of the year.
In 2013, Jun Miyazaki directed the animated film "The Wind Rises". The film tells the story of Jiro Horijo, the "father of aviation" in Japan, as a technician when he was young, and the story of his encounter and love with the girl Nahoko. The film was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and won 8 awards including the Best Animation Work Award at the 37th Japan Academy Film Awards, the Best Animated Film Screenplay Award at the 41st Annie Awards, and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 70th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2014, Miyazaki won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 87th Academy Awards.
In 2018, Miyazaki was selected as the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award winner by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
In 2020, the anime "Aya and the Witch" planned by Jun Miyazaki was broadcast on NHK TV and won the 38th Kitagawa Award.
In 2021, the Oscar Museum in the United States will hold a retrospective exhibition of the works of animation master Jun Miyazaki.
In 2023, the feature-length animated film "Heron and the Boy" directed by Jun Miyazaki will be released. The film once again tells the story of the growth of a teenager, the protagonist is a teenager who lost his biological mother in a fire, and in the process of searching for his missing stepmother, he unexpectedly comes to a mysterious world, meets a talking blue heron, and embarks on a journey full of adventure and exploration under his guidance. As Miyazaki continues to work in works that touch people's hearts and give people hope and courage, this work has a more beautiful style, more warm elements, and more profound educational significance. On September 8, Miyazaki was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Organizing Committee of the 71st San Sebastian International Film Festival. The film won the People's Choice Award (third place) at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on September 17.
2. Miyazaki's artistic style.
Jun Miyazaki is an animation prodigy, and his works are infused with endless innocence and imagination, showing people a fantastical and beautiful world. The sincere emotions expressed in his works and the unique Japanese cultural background carried in his works make people feel deeply moved and think about them while relaxing and entertaining.
Most of his works deal with the relationship between human beings and nature, pacifism and the feminist movement, and he integrates the reflective messages of dreams, environmental protection, life, survival, pacifism and feminist movements, and conveys his love for nature and his call for environmental protection through delicate images and vivid stories. Magical creatures and beautiful landscapes often appear in his works, allowing people to rediscover the beauty and preciousness of nature. His gentle and beautiful painting style is very ** people!Especially in the summer he paints, the forests, villages, streams, and greenery are warm and fresh, which is simply the life that people have longed for a long time in their hearts. Someone said, "When I am middle-aged, I am still a child who has been warmed by Jun Miyazaki!".The whole world is urging you to grow up, and Miyazaki's anime can always bring you back to your childhood. Those anime, warm and **, there is always one that can poke your heart. ”
He has created many memorable characters and deeply touched the hearts of audiences through his delicate portrayal of their upbringing and inner world. Some of his works also seriously ** the themes of human nature, family, friendship and love, which naturally arouse people's thinking about the meaning and emotions of life.
Miyazaki's works include the most magical world structure and the most intimate and realistic characters, saying, "When I create an animation, I also create a virtual world. This world comforts the souls of those who have lost their courage and are battling with the cruel reality. ”
Different worlds and fantastical elements often appear in his works, showing the hope for the future and the yearning for the ideal world, and bringing people the imagination and pursuit of a better future. His work encourages people to keep chasing their dreams and holding on to their courage. His anime films have become a refreshing presence in the world animation industry with exquisite technology, moving stories and warm style.
As for how he reached such heights, Miyazaki said, "I can't stay in front of my desk all the time and work on my work. Most of my inspiration comes from places that have nothing to do with work. Talent is exhausted in the day-to-day work, and inspiration is the most important thing. We have to be sincere in our creation, not in vain, even though we are creating entertainment films. But whether you want it or not, there is no escaping the fact that the work reflects the creator's thoughts. If you don't stay true to your heart when you create, you will regret it in the end. Then I won't be able to make a film anymore. ”
Miyazaki says that the core of the story must be realistic, and aside from the magical elements such as gods and legends, the human side should always be put first. His focus is on human nature, and even from different cultural backgrounds, he is able to understand what he is expressing. "Flesh-and-blood characters with specific goals" is the starting point for conceiving a character. He understands human nature, he pays attention to details, so the characters he creates always arouse empathy.
Most of Miyazaki's work revolves around three central words: companionship, growth, and farewell. The characters in his works are brave, exploratory, innocent, independent and free-spirited, with ups and downs in the storyline but overall elegance, vivid details, and intriguing spiritual heritage.
He strives for perfection, never perfunctory, and his work attitude is very much the craftsman spirit that the Japanese have always admired. "You shouldn't make a film based on personal feelings," he said. 'It's a good shot as a ** work' is an insult. You have to be determined to change the world with movies. Even if nothing changes, that's what it's all about being a filmmaker. ”
In terms of plot creation, it is also the same, his script and ending are often not written at the first time, and they are also an improvisational way to decide the next step of the plot while producing, because this is in line with the most real context of human nature.
In 1978, Jun Miyazaki said, "One of the constant themes in my work is to enjoy good movies and then transcend them." ”
Screening Room 10 has a wonderful comment on this: "Looking at his work, it is as if a wide skylight has been opened in the narrow back of the human head, and people cannot help but believe in the power of dreams, because dreams exist as a reason for man to be compared with God." ”
He has a genius imagination!Goro Miyazaki emphasized that animation is not only a technique, but also imagination and creation, which cannot be taught. Toshio Suzuki said, "It's too hard to reach his ankles. I hope that someone will appear above him, but it will not be easy. It takes two things to create a work. Jun Miyazaki excels at expressiveness, as well as the ability to think and execute projects. I think in terms of expressiveness, Miyazaki is unbeatable. ”
3. Jun Miyazaki's words of wisdom.
Living as fully as possible within their means, in their own time, is what we can do. People, we must do our best to live life to the fullest!
Sometimes, after sticking to what you least want to do, you can get what you want most. In this short life, we will eventually pass away, you might as well be bold.
Take your faith and find your own kingdom!Even if it's a lifetime.
When human beings create something with emotion and hope, that thing is given a soul. What's the point of being alive if it's not beautiful.
In this world, you can encounter opportunities, but you can never meet "God". You still have to go your own way!
As long as your heart is not chaotic, it will be difficult for the outside world to change anything about you, don't envy others, don't lose yourself, the past is gone, and you won't consider it in the future, as long as you are at this moment, for your willful bravery.
If you live longer, you will find that life is full of wonders!
Life is a flickering light in the dark.
What you meet is providence, what you have is lucky, what if you are imperfect, everything has cracks, that's where the light comes in.
Is the world in a recession?Don't worry, the woman is nice.
Regardless of whether there is anyone to love or not, try to be a lovely person!
Don't forget your name to find your way home.
You can't wait for someone else to arrange your life and fight for what you want.
If you don't give up no matter what the circumstances, and hold on to your hope and not be shaken by anyone, then when you have to give up, hope will still reach the other side that no one can shake.
There is a road in this world that cannot be taken in any way, and that is the wrong way, as long as you take a wrong step, the result will be broken bones.
Many things are predestined, as if what kind of people you will meet, what kind of pain you will experience, and how you will eventually leave this world, nothing can change your fate. After the lightning storm, it must be a world full of blue skies and white clouds, full of green grass and flowers.
I don't know if I'm going to get there, but I'm already on my way.
You are simple, the world is a fairy tale;You are complex, and the world is a labyrinth.
This world is a dream!
4. Miyazaki's ideological pursuits and social activities.
We want to be realists who don't give up their ideals!There are so many realists who don't have dreams, it's terrible, and I don't want our team to be like that. He said in the documentary "Jun Miyazaki: A Dream in Ten Years".
Miyazaki was ideologically inclined to socialism, but the collapse of the Soviet Union had a great impact on him. Despite his positive attitude towards the workers and the revolution in the face of the fact that socialism was at a low ebb, he decided to abandon Marxism in 1994.
In 2011, on behalf of Studio Ghibli, he donated money to the "East Japan Dai**" disaster area and personally visited the affected people.
On July 16, 2013, he publicly wrote an article criticizing the ** cabinet for amending the constitution, and this article published in the magazine "Hot Wind" entitled "How can it be reasonable to amend the constitution" has aroused widespread and strong repercussions in Japanese society. In the article, he also urged ** Shinzo to seriously deal with the *** issue, and he believes that Japan should "solemnly apologize and compensate" to South Korea and China.
At the beginning of 2015, Jun Miyazaki invested 300 million yen to build a parent-child facility called "The Forest Where the Wind Comes Home" in the park to facilitate community services.
On July 13, 2015, Miyazaki Jun delivered a speech at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo, Japan, in his capacity as a co-representative of "Heno Ko**", urging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ** to acknowledge Japan's war of aggression against China in his speech on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, and to reflect on the great suffering caused to the Chinese people. Jun Miyazaki criticized the cabinet's continued promotion of "war legislation" as going against the trend of the times. He denounced Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party for not representing the will of the people and for the "low quality" of its legislators. He believes that some Japanese people want to forget the past history, but Japan's act of launching the war of aggression in the first place must not be forgotten, let alone denied and deliberately obscured. Miyazaki said: "No country can wage a war of aggression in pursuit of its own interests, and this is the most basic principle that every country should follow. ”
Jun Miyazaki has always expressed his anti-war ideas on different occasions and in various forms, and his works have always expressed the beauty of peaceful life through touching stories and warm painting styles, so as to express the theme of anti-war.
I am who I am, and I must resolutely be a realist who does not give up his ideals!So Miyazaki said, "I have a bad temper, but that's who I am, I want to immerse myself in my own world, but it won't be tolerated by society, so I put a smile on my face." ”
Look!That old man who is always smiling, that's the animation master Jun Miyazaki!