Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (宮﨑駿と青サギと… ～「君たちはどう生きるか」への道～)

- This is great. - Isn't it?

What a great hot spring.

Suzuki-san?

Are you asleep?

Okay, some other time.

What's going on?

Nothing, I just wanted to chat.

- Can I bum a cigarette? - I'm out.

Okay, this isn't working. I'll get out of here.

Miyazaki-san, you should turn in.

I need you there so I can fall asleep.

If I'm there, you'll stay up.

No, just stay a few minutes.

All right. Shall I just sit there?

Yeah, I'll fall asleep. I'll try to.

When I close my eyes, I can't stop thinking.

It's like I'm sticking my hand in my brains and stirring them up.

No, not my brains. It's a black mist.

I pick up scenes from my movies,

and string them together. Somehow it seems to work.

Ah, what does it all mean?

I walk and walk and walk, on and on.

My movies grab me by the scruff of the neck.

You'd think I wouldn't want to run away.

I can't run away. I'm trapped.

I'm the one who's trapped.

There is no time!

I have to feel cornered.

Recently I think maybe I'm going to die.

I imagine myself thanking everyone.

You do?

Are you from Ghibli?

Right.

Will this be on YouTube?

No, not at all.

Good night.

I'll turn off the light.

- Thanks. - Good night.

Thanks, you too.

We'd like to begin this Studio Ghibli press conference.

I've threatened to retire many times, as you know.

I know some of you won't believe me,

but this time I'm not lying.

I'm grateful for your many years of support.

I'm sure this will be the last time I say this.

A happy ending, I see.

"A fickle heart is the most constant thing in this world."

My, you have a way with words.

I threw something together.

That was fast.

I think I can do this.

Suzuki-san, use your alchemy to get the money we need.

Don't say it.

It's a trap I set for myself.

Miyazaki-san, do you have five minutes?

Three.

Three minutes.

You said it would be too hard on you. Why are you going ahead?

Because I forgot.

Huh?

That's why.

You forgot?

Yes.

Okay, so I retired. So what?

What do you mean?

Retirement doesn't matter.

I'm prepared for this to be my last feature.

I'm ready to become a monk.

Suzuki bewitched me.

Miya-san tells lies.

He quits, then comes back?

He changes his tune every day.

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf."

But creators are like that. Geniuses are like that.

"Serial liar, cha cha cha"

He's coming.

Morning.

Good morning.

Good morning.

You again? Did NHK fire you?

No, not yet.

Look, tie the curtain from the inside.

It's easier to release.

Like this.

I visited each of our production partners and explained we'd be going it alone.

The question is whether I can do this movie.

Are the storyboards moving?

Crawling.

Crawling?

Then I'd better wait for you to finish Part B.

I don't think you'd get much from what I have now.

Okay.

Same shot again?

Sorry.

Do you have most of the story figured out?

I don't have anything.

What about the Gray Heron?

He's a con man.

What's he like?

Like that.

He's based on Suzuki.

A gray con bird.

A trickster.

He's the angel of death.

Coming to take you away.

Step this way.

It opened!

See? He's here.

Good morning.

Happy birthday!

How old?

What do you think?

I don't know, I forgot.

I know! You're 77.

That's right. I'm impressed.

Everyone gets a jellybean.

Oh, won't that be nice!

Can you grab one?

Have one.

He said he wanted to do one more feature.

I was very worried, to be honest.

When great directors get old, their work can lose its power.

As a result it's often terrible.

I used some magic.

I brought Takeshi Honda aboard.

Good morning.

I need a 2B.

Honda, got a 2B?

I keep my 3Bs and HBs separate.

Different generation.

Honda's synonymous with Evangelion.

He's young and talented.

I want to keep Miya-san feeling neurotic.

Miyazaki-san, should we leave Natsuko's pupils out?

Yes.

Honda's key animation is amazing.

Just truly amazing.

Let me see that again.

Of course there are things Miya-san doesn't like.

But he absorbs Honda's energy into his own body.

His storyboards explode with energy.

That's Honda's power.

It's making this new work really fantastic.

Good morning.

Good morning.

Morning.

I read the storyboards.

- Tighter now, don't you think? - Very interesting.

It reminds me of The Divine Comedy.

"You reek of death." I liked that.

So that's why you reek of death.

Kiriko is better too.

Yes, I think so.

A swamp thrasher got me.

A massive one. I ate it though.

Kiriko is Yasuda-san?

Correct.

Her doppelganger.

That's exactly what she was like.

Stay vigilant, and work together. Go.

I can't believe it. Even Yacchin is gone.

- Are these katsura trees? - Yes, they're beautiful now.

I love them.

This is all Yacchin's fault. She told me to do one more feature.

I was wondering what to do, but leaning against it.

One day she called and told me she had cancer.

That's when she told me to do one more feature.

One more while I live, if I live.

Hey everybody, I found one!

Did you find a frog?

Look how big!

Join us...

Join us...

Congratulations! You graduated.

"You opened your mouth wide and shouted, give me a jellybean!

"That made me very happy.

"From Grandpa Jellybean, Hayao Miyazaki."

Let's have some coffee.

It sounds like Pak-san is having a very rough time.

I won't cry if he dies.

Alarm on

Alarm off

Well, Pak-san is dead.

Mr. Racoon!

Take Pom Poko. Why make such a boring movie?

Racoons aren't endangered. They're doing just fine.

It was a love-hate relationship. I can't just...

You know what I mean.

The camera knows what I'm talking about.

- Look at the snow. - I know.

Takahata-san, what are you doing now?

I don't want to get into that.

Sorry.

This peeking scene...

Look at it again. Do it properly.

There's something we need to discuss.

It's about the release date.

I need your understanding.

Production is behind schedule for a summer release.

Pak-san can be self-destructive.