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Princess Mononoke in the U.S.A.

2001 · 20 min

A gentle, talky fly-on-the-wall look at a revered filmmaker answering questions abroad, pleasant but slight.

Directed by
Toshikazu Satou
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Roger Ebert
Overview
This short documentary follows director Hayao Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki as they attend two film festivals showing the film Princess Mononoke and answer questions. Miyazaki discusses his experience in LA before founding Studio Ghibli.

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Directed by
Toshikazu Satou
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Roger Ebert
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  • art
  • media
  • work
  • identity
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Audience
adult
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  • documentary
  • true story
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  • Language mild
  • Violence none
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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Toshikazu Satou
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Roger Ebert, Michael O. Johnson, Neil Gaiman, Harvey Weinstein
Runtime
20 min
Country
Japan
Languages
English, Japanese

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