The return of Hayao Miyazaki It is confirmed. The 81-year-old Japanese director, whose last film dates from 2013, will premiere his new work on July 14, 2023, How do you live? (Kimi-tachi wa Do Ikiru ka).
The Ghibli studio, which released the news on the night of Monday to Tuesday, unveiled on this occasion a first poster where an anthropomorphic character poses. No specific information has been leaked about this new film, an adaptation of a novel by Genzaburo Yoshino published in 1937 that follows the adventures of a 15-year-old boy.
Last year, Goro Miyazaki, the son of Hayao Miyazaki, had slipped some information about How do you live?: “What I can tell you, from the little I’ve seen of the film’s images, is that it really strikes me how much, even at that age, he retains an extravagant imagination and wealth,” he had indicated to Allociné . . “His creative energy from him is still as impressive as ever.”
Carte blanche for Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki, Hayao Miyazaki’s historical producer, gave him carte blanche on this project: “I want Miya-san to stay on it until he is satisfied, without being subject to time constraints.”
How do you live? It could be Hayao Miyazaki’s last film. The teacher, who will turn 82 when his film is released, has been insisting for more than twenty years that he wants to retire.
Since the wind rises In 2013, Hayao Miyazaki presented in March 2018 at the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo his first short film made in 3D, boro the caterpillar. With a duration of 14 minutes and 20 seconds, it narrates the discovery of the world by a caterpillar.
Source: BFM TV
