UW Cinematheque: Premiere Showcase

Documentary filmmaker Sunada has been given unprecedented access inside Japan’s Studio Ghibli as she follows the famously private animation director Hayao Miyazaki through almost every production phase of his final feature, The Wind Rises. At the same time, Ghibli’s co-founder Isao Takahata completes his own movie, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Though both directors finish with acclaimed works of art, the working methods of these two masters of cinema are revealed to be quite distinct.