Reporter Wu Ruici/Taipei-Tokyo Connection reports
Japan animation master Miyazaki Jun made a comeback to launch "Heron and Boy", using his own story as the background of the story, but because of this, he was "too open to the brain", making it impossible to load, and often confused about reality and fantasy. The documentary "Walking Forward with Dreams: A Complete Record of Heron and Teenager Creation" exposed the behind-the-scenes of his creation, and the director who followed the film, Ge Arakawa, admitted that he was very worried about his condition, and Miyazaki often spoke into the air, and everyone was worried about him.
Gong Qi Jun opened his brain hole in order to create, but everyone was very worried. (Photo/Provided by Jiashang Entertainment)
In order to create "The Heron and the Boy", Gong Qi Jun fell into a period of hitting the wall, the manuscript was changed and changed, deleted and deleted, and even "opened the brain" for this purpose, approached the dark place of the soul, forced himself to face the low tide, and took out all the fragile parts for everyone to see. He unveiled his heart for art, but it made the people around him feel very distressed.
Miyazaki Jun once laughed at himself several times in the documentary, "My brain seems to be about to break", "My brain seems to be broken", director Arakawa Ge revealed in an interview, "Seeing him talking to the air The eraser was taken away by Ah Pu (Takahata Xun), and he often had incomprehensible speeches at that time, in fact, I was a little worried about him, so when I drank, I would advise him to drink less, because I was really worried about the state he would enter next, and when he said that his brain was broken, everyone was even more worried."
Director Arakawa Ge has also seen the humane side of Miyazaki Jun, "It's his smile, because after he says harsh words to people, he often shows his signature smile, and his strictness and smile appear at the same time, and he will feel very human, very much like a magician, and he will listen to what he says." In the past 20 years of work friendship, Arakawa Ge also revealed that Miyazaki Jun's temper has become mild in recent years.
Miyazakura's back is distressing. (Photo/Provided by Jiashang Entertainment)
In the 7 years of the interview with "Walking Forward with Dreams: The Complete Record of Heron and Teenager Creation", Arakawa Ge has hardly seen Miyazaki get angry, and the biggest emotional ups and downs are when his long-time assistant Miss Takebayashi passed away, "I saw that Director Miyazaki was very lonely, and he was very lonely, and that time was when his emotions fluctuated greatly."
At the age of 83, he often talks about death in private with Arakawa Ge, and his attitude is calm: "I'm not afraid of death, because I practice every day, isn't it the same thing to sleep?" Miyazaki thinks death is a kind of liberation, but it worries Arakawa. Arakawa once asked Miyazaki Jun, "You shouldn't be in a hurry to die, right?" Miyazaki replied, "I won't, I don't want to die, don't ask again!" In fact, his work also emphasizes the "importance of living", and Arakawa Ge said in an interview: "Just like the existence of light and shadow at the same time, just as the shadow is as strong as the light, they are two sides of the same coin, so the director (Miyazaki Jun) should have both ideas."
Documentary filmmaker Ge Arakawa (left) follows Miyazaki through Studio Ghibli Production Director Toshio Suzuki. (Photo/Provided by Jiashang Entertainment)
Arakawa Ge has been filming for 7 years this time, and he has also silently shed tears, "I often want to say that after the shooting, maybe the work of documenting Miyazaki Jun will also end", every time the shooting is over, Miyazaki Jun will personally send him to the door of the studio, wave his hand to send him out, and warmly say to him, "Arakawa has worked hard for you today." He was deeply moved: "There have been several times in the past seven years when I have thought that this may be the last time we will see each other, so I can't help but shed a few tears on the way back."
"Walking Forward with Dreams, Miyazaki Jun: A Complete Record of Heron and Juvenile Creation" records large and small behind-the-scenes, and there is also a scene of the teachers soaking in the hot spring, Arakawa Ge answered the intention, "In fact, the theme of this documentary is also the journey of Miyazaki Jun, he travels between two different worlds, freely shuttling between fantasy and reality, when we see the hot spring, we are not sure whether this place is a real world for him or a different world for him, so this editing takes the hot spring as a reminder to go to different worlds. Let everyone follow Miyazaki Jun on the journey he imagined in his head."
As for Miyazaki Jun, did he know that his naked body was put into the clip? He laughed and shouted, "I have been filming with Miyazaki for more than 20 years, and I have also shot five or six works in between, and he has not seen it, so he should not know that his nude body has been made public!" Toshio Suzuki only said after reading it, "Is my belly that big?" "Moving Forward with Dreams: A Complete Record of Heron and Juvenile Creation" was released on October 10.