Thought this might interest some of you, especially as sometimes there are questions here about films for children.
Hayao Miyazaki Prepares to Cast One Last Spell
No artist has explored the contradictions of humanity as sympathetically and critically as the Japanese animation legend. Now, at 80, he’s coming out of retirement with another movie.
By Ligaya Mishan
Gorgeous, profound, boerderless in possibility — yes, yes, but above all, Miyazaki’s films are thrilling. He is a master of suspense....
After the war, Japan was shattered, occupied by the enemy, its cities in rubble. Food shortages left many hungry; American G.I.s handed out candy to children on the streets but, Miyazaki has written, he “was too ashamed” by Japan’s defeat to approach the soldiers. He was a shy, sickly boy — at one point, he nearly died — who took sanctuary in drawing, the one skill with which he could earn the attention and admiration of his peers.
www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/t-magazine/hayao-miyazaki-studio-ghibli.html
choicepit.com/hayao-miyazaki-prepares-to-cast-one-last-spell/