Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (2016)

Original title

終わらない人 宮﨑駿

Directed by

Kaku Arakawa

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows animator Hayao Miyazaki as he comes out of retirement. It shows him working on a new short film and dealing with the challenges of getting older.

intimatereflectiveobservationalcontemplativepersonalgroundedquietearnest

What happens

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki is a 2016 Japanese documentary film directed by Kaku Arakawa. The film follows the Japanese animator and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki in the wake of his decision to retire, including documenting the early production of his 2018 short film Boro the Caterpillar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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