Today, Hayao Miyazaki's new work "How Do You Want to Live" won the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2024. This is also the year when Hayao Miyazaki won the Best Oscar for "Spirited Away " in 2003. After the animated feature film, it won this award for the second time in 21 years.
At present, "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" has been officially announced. Compared with previous re-releases of Hayao Miyazaki's older works, this animated film released in Japan in July last year was also the fastest for Chinese audiences to see it on the big screen. The works of Hayao Miyazaki I saw.
It is reported that the movie tells the story of a young Makoto who forms a new family with his father and stepmother after his mother is buried in a sea of fire. Zhen Zhen, who is deeply saddened, is gloomy and withdrawn, and has difficulty integrating into his new environment. In an accident, he followed a talking heron into an abandoned mysterious tower, but unexpectedly entered the fantasy "world of the dead" and began an incredible adventure...
Previously, the film had gained a lot of success when it was released overseas. With a good reputation, it has continuously won world-class film awards. In addition to the Oscar, it has also been recognized by awards such as the 81st Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Film and the 77th British Academy Film Awards for Best Animated Film.
At the same time, the film has achieved both word-of-mouth and box office success in the regions where it has been released, and continues to break records. It is the highest-grossing Japanese original animated film in the North American market, and is also Studio Ghibli's top-grossing film in North America.
As a world-class film master, Hayao Miyazaki's new film attracted much attention as soon as it came out. It is called the film with the most Miyazaki feelings and is also called "Miyazaki's life movie" by many viewers.
Many Hayao Miyazaki fans said that they not only found many Easter eggs from classic works in the film, such as the character at the beginning that looks very similar to Granny Yu from "Spirited Away" and the elf that looks like "Princess Mononoke ", but also " The king insect in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind and the room of the baby in Spirited Away.
At the same time, you can also see the shadow of Hayao Miyazaki's real life experience in "What kind of life do you want to live", "This is Hayao Miyazaki's richest and most interpretable film."
A creator His thoughts at the end of life and how he faced death, feel the author's thoughts on life and death, good and evil, health and aging, creation and inheritance, order and chaos, and dialogue with future generations, all of which are shown through this film .
It is worth noting that the original Japanese dubbing actors of "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" can also see many familiar Japanese actors, including Takuya Kimura, Masaki Suda, Yuki Shibasaki, Yoshino Kimura, etc.
What kind of unexpected fantasy story will Hayao Miyazaki bring this time? I look forward to seeing this "life movie" of Hayao Miyazaki on the big screen as soon as possible and participating in this feast of imagination.
Source: Morning News
