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Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki’s screen credits include director work on Spirited Away, director work on Howl's Moving Castle, and director work on My Neighbor Totoro.
Born January 5, 1941 Tokyo, Japan9 movies on MoviHero
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THE PERSON BEHIND THE ROLES
About Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly five decades, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a maker of animated feature films and, along with Isao Takahata, co-founded Studio Ghibli, an animation studio and production company. The success of Miyazaki's films has invited comparisons with American animator Walt Disney, British animator Nick Park as well as Robert Zemeckis, who pioneered Motion Capture animation, and he has been named one of the most influential people by Time Magazine. Miyazaki began his career at Toei Animation as an in-between artist for Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon where he pitched his own ideas that eventually became the movie's ending. He continued to work in various roles in the animation industry over the decade until he was able to direct his first feature film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro which was published in 1979. …
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After the success of his next film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, he co-founded Studio Ghibli where he continued to produce many feature films until Princess Mononoke whereafter he temporarily retired.
While Miyazaki's films have long enjoyed both commercial and critical success in Japan, he remained largely unknown to the West until Miramax released his 1997 film, Princess Mononoke. Princess Mononoke was the highest-grossing film in Japan—until it was eclipsed by another 1997 film, Titanic—and the first animated film to win Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards. Miyazaki returned to animation with Spirited Away. The film topped Titanic's sales at the Japanese box office, also won Picture of the Year at the Japanese Academy Awards and was the first anime film to win an American Academy Award.
Miyazaki's films often incorporate recurrent themes, such as humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki's feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women. Miyazaki is a vocal critic of capitalism and globalization. While two of his films, The Castle of Cagliostro and Castle in the Sky, involve traditional villains, his other films such as Nausicaa or Princess Mononoke present morally ambiguous antagonists with redeeming qualities.
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- 2013The Wind Rises2h 6m · Animation · DramaDirector
- 2008Ponyo1h 40m · Animation · FamilyDirector
- 2004Howl's Moving Castle1h 59m · Adventure · AnimationDirector
- 2001Spirited Away2h 5m · Animation · FamilyDirector
- 1997Princess Mononoke2h 14m · Adventure · AnimationDirector
- 1989Kiki's Delivery Service1h 43m · Animation · FamilyDirector
- 1988My Neighbor Totoro1h 26m · Animation · FamilyDirector
- 1986Castle in the Sky2h 5m · Action · AdventureDirector
- 1984Warriors of the Wind1h 35m · Adventure · AnimationDirector
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- 2026The Story of Yanagawa WaterwaysProducer
- 2025Miyazaki, Spirit of NatureSelf (archive footage)
- 2025MiyazakiSelf
- 2024Hayao Miyazaki and the HeronSelf
- 2024Sherlock Hound: The MovieDirector · Writer
- 2024Stage 『Spirited Away』Writer
- 20232399 Days with Hayao Miyazaki & Studio GhibliSelf
- 2023The Boy and the HeronWriter · Director
- 2023Spirited Away: Live on StageWriter
- 2021Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of EvangelionSelf
- 2018Boro the CaterpillarWriter · Director · Producer
- 2017Never-Ending Man: Hayao MiyazakiSelf
- 2014Isao Takahata and His Tale of The Princess KaguyaSelf
- 2014The Work of Hayao Miyazaki "The Wind Rises" Record of 1000 Days/Retirement Announcement Unknown StorySelf
- 2013The Kingdom of Dreams and MadnessSelf
- 2013Miwa: A Japanese IconSelf
- 2012Giant God Warrior Appears in TokyoGiant Robot (voice)
- 2011Ghibli Landscapes - A Journey to Encounter Directors Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki's Starting PointSelf
- 2011A Hedgehog Came Out of the FogActor
- 2011Poppy Hill - 300 Days of War Between Father and SonSelf
- 2011From Up on Poppy HillWriter
- 2011Treasure HuntingDirector · Writer
- 2011Kurosawa's WaySelf
- 2011Japanese Cinema: New TerritoriesSelf
- 2010Mr. Dough and the Egg PrincessWriter · Director
- 2010Inside Ghibli's Creation: 400 Days of Clash Between Hayao Miyazaki and The New DirectorSelf
- 2010Ghibli's Bookshelfself
- 2010ArriettyWriter
- 2010A Sumo Wrestler's TailWriter
- 2009How Ponyo Was Born: Hayao Miyazaki's Thought ProcessSelf
- 2009Professional Special: Director Miyazaki HayaoSelf
- 2008The Theory of EvolutionDirector
- 200825th Anniversary Studio Ghibli ConcertSelf - Filmmaker
- 2008NEWS ZERO Spinoff: "Ponyo on the Cliff" Close-Up! Five Genius CraftmenSelf
- 2008Ghibli Scenery: A Journey to Japan Painted in Miyazaki’s WorksActor
- 2007A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's ForestSelf
- 2007Madaran's WorldWriter · Director
- 2006Tales from EarthseaWriter
- 2006The Work of Toshio Suzuki Don't Believe in Myself, I Believe in PeopleSelf
- 2006House HuntingProducer · Director · Writer
- 2006Mon Mon the Water SpiderProducer · Director · Writer
- 2006The Day I Bought a StarDirector · Writer
- 2005Hayao Miyazaki and the Ghibli MuseumSelf
- 2005Ghibli and The Miyazaki MysterySelf - Interviewee
- 2004Hayao Miyazaki Produces a CDSelf
- 2004Yasuo Ōtsuka's Joy in MotionSelf
- 2004Princess Mononoke: Making of a MasterpieceSelf
- 2003Lasseter-san, Thank YouSelf
- 2003The Birth of Studio GhibliActor
- 2003The Art of 'Spirited Away'Self
- 2002Bobo-kunWriter · Director
- 2002Piyopiyo BabaWriter · Director
- 2002TacolatorWriter · Director
- 2002"The Ornithopter Story: Fly, Hiyodori Tengu!"Self
- 2002Imaginary Flying MachinesDirector · Writer · Le cochon
- 2002Mei and the KittenbusDirector · Writer · Totoro (voice)
- 2002The Cat Returns - Making ofSelf
- 2002Koro's Big Day OutWriter · Director
- 2002The Invention of Imaginary Machines of Destruction - First Storyboards, in Motion Short DirectorWriter
- 2001Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.Self
- 2001The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 1: A Drama on PaperSelf
- 2001The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 2: Life Has Been Breathed Into It!Self
- 2001The Birth of "Princess Mononoke" Part 3: The Day The Record Was BrokenSelf
- 2001A Splendid DanceWriter · Director
- 2001Rambutan AdventuresWriter · Director
- 2001The Fish of the FishWriter · Director
- 2001The Whale HuntWriter · Director
- 2001The Nippon Television Special of Spirited AwaySelf
- 2000Super TV: Frontline Information 15 Months of Exclusive Coverage! The Secret Behind "My Neighbors the Yamadas"Actor
- 1998The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Hayao MiyazakiSelf
- 1998How Ghibli Was BornSelf
- 1995Whisper of the HeartWriter
- 1995Lupin the Third: Greatest CapersDirector · Writer
- 1994Pom PokoProducer
- 1994Manga!Self
- 1993In Love With and Living Within Movies - Akira Kurosawa and Hayao MiyazakiSelf
- 1992Porco RossoDirector · Writer
- 1991The Making of Only YesterdaySelf
- 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story IWriter
- 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story IIWriter
- 1991Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Nautilus Story IIIWriter
- 1986Sherlock Hound: Mrs. Hudson Is Taken Hostage / The White Cliffs of DoverDirector
- 1984Future Boy Conan: The Big Giant Robot's ResurrectionDirector
- 1984Sherlock Hound: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / Treasure Under the SeaDirector
- 1979Future Boy ConanWriter
- 1979The Castle of CagliostroDirector · Writer
- 1973Panda! Go Panda!: Rainy Day CircusWriter
- 1972Yuki's SunDirector · Writer
- 1972Panda! Go Panda!Writer
- 1972Panda! Go Panda!Writer
- 1971Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesWriter
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Sumi Shimamoto
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Akihiro Miwa
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Haruko Katō
2 shared films on MoviHeroActor