In a not-so-distant country, there is a master storyteller whose name is resounding in the world - Hayao Miyazaki. Since 2018, the master's magic has begun to reappear on the domestic screen year after year, taking groups of viewers back to that innocent and fantasy world.
On a cold winter month in 2018, a furry creature named Totoro quietly came to us. The work "My Neighbor Totoro" is on Douban with 9The high score of 2 is proud, and domestic theaters are released again, and many viewers who watch it have tears in their eyes. They may have seen the shadow of childhood, or they may have been moved by the pure kindness.
Then, in the summer of 2019, a little girl named Chihiro embarks on a journey to find her father with her courage and kindness. "Spirited Away", a masterpiece that once swept the world's top awards, is undoubtedly another reason to make the audience crazy. In the movie, the mystery of the faceless man and the leisurely nature of the white dragon have unfolded a dream-like picture for us in that strange world.
In 2020, when the world fell into an unprecedented epidemic, people almost didn't dare to expect "Ponyo on the Cliff" to meet the audience as scheduled. However, it is against this backdrop that Hayao Miyazaki's magic is revealed again, with the story of Ponyo and Sousuke.
On February 31st, a day that does not exist, like the magic in Miyazaki's story, we welcome "Ponyo on the Cliff". It follows the friendship and adventures between a goldfish princess named Ponyo and a human boy named Sousuke. It's a clean and pure film, like a story that jumps out of an old fairy tale book.
Hayao Miyazaki, the magician of cinema, each of his works is a work of art carved with care. "Ponyo" is his long farewell work, he personally painted 170,000 hand-drawn sketches, which lasted 4 years. Hayao Miyazaki once said that if children can imagine themselves running on the crest of a wave after watching a movie, then the movie is a success. He hopes that Ponyo can become a promising girl, with love and compassion for others.
Hayao Miyazaki's studio is a magical fortress away from the hustle and bustle, where 350 employees work hard to create one magical story after another. He is strict with himself, and in a small world with a radius of only 3 meters, he uses pen and ink to sketch one heart-warming scene after another.
In Miyazaki's world, we see the sky city in flight, feel the freedom of the wolf and the girl who are running fast, and experience the desire for the peaceful coexistence of nature. His works are not only children's fairy tales, but also the innocence in the hearts of adults, the longing and yearning for a better world.
Miyazaki's films are not just works of art, they are containers of time, carrying the memories and emotions of countless people. Whenever we re-evaluate these works, we can find new touches and new revelations, as if they grow with us and change with the times.
As Hayao Miyazaki's aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi said in "The Wind Rises": "When the wind rises, the best thing is to live." In his films, we see not only the ups and downs of the wind, but also the ups and downs of life, the fragility and tenacity of life, the power of love and the existence of beauty.