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My Neighbor Totoro
Fri, Apr 15 | 7:30pm | DGT
Satsuki and little sister Mei move to the country in the dog days of summer with their father to be closer to the hospital where their mother is convalescing. Little do the sisters know, the cicada-buzzing countryside around them holds gentle forest spirits that can only be seen by children. The film includes some of Miyazaki’s most beloved creations such as fuzzy dust bunnies, the Cat Bus, and of course the Cheshire-grinned Totoro himself, whose iconic profile appears on every Studio Ghibli release to this day.
DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki.
WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki.
CAST: Noriko Hidaka, Chika Sakamoto, Shigesato Itoi, Sumi Shimamoto. 1988. 86 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm. New subtitled print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, with special thanks to Studio Ghibli.
Princess Mononoke
Fri, Apr 29 | 7:30pm | DGT
Miyazaki’s international breakthrough, Princess Mononoke is an epic cinematic marvel. Infected by a deadly curse after killing a god, young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. He stumbles upon a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves who will stop at nothing to prevent humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Princess Mononoke resists an easy dichotomy of good versus evil.
DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki.
WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki.
CAST: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi. 1997. 133 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm. New subtitled print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, with special thanks to Studio Ghibli.
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