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Miyazaki, Spirit of Nature

2025 · 84 min

A calm, thoughtful portrait that lingers on forests and craftsmanship, asking you to look closely at how animation thinks about the living world.

Directed by
Léo Favier
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Goro Miyazaki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Overview
A documentary that focuses on Hayao Miyazaki’s deep connection to nature and the environmental themes expressed through his films.

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Directed by
Léo Favier
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Goro Miyazaki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • nature
  • environment
  • art
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • workplace
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Léo Favier
Written by
Léo Favier, Léo Brachet
Starring
Hayao Miyazaki, Goro Miyazaki, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Toshio Suzuki, Timothy Morton, Susan J. Napier, Philippe Descola, Shinichi Fukuda
Runtime
84 min
Country
France
Languages
Japanese, French, English

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