According to Beacon Professional Edition data, as of 0:00 on April 5, the box office of Hayao Miyazaki's new film " What kind of life do you want to live " exceeded 300 million, and the cumulative number of moviegoers reached 8.34 million. As of 13:30 on April 5, the film's box office reached 360 million.
"What kind of life do you want to live" is called Hayao Miyazaki's "life movie" and is also his farewell work. The film has just won the 96th Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film. It is Hayao Miyazaki's second Oscar-winning work for the Best Animated Feature Film after "Spirited Away ".
This is also the first time that Hayao Miyazaki's new work is released in mainland China. Previously released works such as "Spirited Away", "My Neighbor Totoro ", "Castle in the Sky" and "Castle in the Sky" were all released to the mainland screen decades after Hayao Miyazaki's creation.
"What kind of life do you want to live" is Studio Ghibli's largest production. When creating this film, Hayao Miyazaki still adhered to a strict work attitude and took seven years to complete it. During this period, he thought it could not be created several times. After "seven retirements and seven comebacks", after finishing "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live", the 83-year-old Hayao Miyazaki said to himself, "This is really the last one."
"What kind of life do you want to live" tells the story of young Mu Zhenren, who formed a new family with his father and stepmother after his mother was buried in the fire. Deeply sad, he was gloomy and withdrawn, and found it difficult to integrate into his new environment. In an accident, he followed a talking heron into the mysterious tower, entered the fantasy "world of the dead", and began an incredible adventure...
In this film, you can find many of Hayao Miyazaki's works. The iconic elements of the film - a fantasy world, innocent boys and girls, flying animals... The same delicate painting style as always, and the ideological themes of caring for life and reverence for nature make the film very "Miyazaki".
But in "What kind of life do you want to live", there are many different elements from the past. The film is full of metaphors and the narrative is quite jumpy, so it has a certain viewing threshold. Some viewers said, "I suspect this is a Ghibli interview question," and some viewers said they wanted to take a second look.
"What kind of life do you want to live" is a history of thoughts accumulated by Hayao Miyazaki, which condenses his 83 years of walking in the world and his insights. Hayao Miyazaki projected his own personal experiences onto the real protagonist. For example, Hayao Miyazaki has been introverted and gloomy since he was a child, and his mother has suffered from illness all year round. These are the scars of his childhood. The prototype of the heron in the film is Toshio Suzuki, who is the chairman and producer of Studio Ghibli and a close friend of Hayao Miyazaki for many years. The two have a 46-year friendship. The owner of the tower in the film represents Isao Takahata, another founder of Studio Ghibli. Hayao Miyazaki regarded him as his life mentor. The death of Isao Takahata in 2018 dealt a heavy blow to Hayao Miyazaki.
(Source: Dazhong Newspaper Qilu One Point)
