Original title: “What kind of life do you want to live” Shanghai premiere (title)
Toshio Suzuki shares Hayao Miyazaki’s animation life (theme)
Yangcheng Evening News reporter Li Li
Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-winning new work “What kind of life do you want to live” recently held the premiere of “First Meeting with ‘Life'” in Shanghai. Studio Ghibli Chairman and Producer Toshio Suzuki, and the film’s Chinese dubbing actors Liu Haoran, Dapeng, and Zhu Yawen were present to join the audience in Hayao Miyazaki’s “life appointment.” Toshio Suzuki said happily: “It used to take a long time for Ghibli movies to be released in China from completion to release, but this time they came to China very quickly.”
Toshio Suzuki shares interesting stories about his friendship with Hayao Miyazaki
At the premiere, Toshio Suzuki revealed that after finishing this work, Hayao Miyazaki said “this is really the last one.” With the mentality of making “the last work”, Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki took seven years to complete “What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live”. This work condenses Hayao Miyazaki’s 83 years of life experience and insights. It is regarded as Hayao Miyazaki’s “life movie” and is also Miyazaki’s second Oscar winner for “Best Animated Feature Film” after “Spirited Away”. “s work.
Toshio Suzuki is the founder of Studio Ghibli and his life partner with Hayao Miyazaki for more than 40 years. Starting from Hayao Miyazaki’s famous work “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind”, Toshio Suzuki has been deeply involved in the production of Miyazaki’s 11 animated feature films. After the movie was released in many places around the world, China was the only stop where Toshio Suzuki came to promote it in person.
40 years ago, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, and Isao Takahata, the three souls of Studio Ghibli, all visited China. Toshio Suzuki revealed that he and Hayao Miyazaki saw “Tadpoles Looking for Mom” when they visited the Shanghai Film Studio. The delicate and exquisite production of Chinese animation made them unforgettable. Miyazaki once lamented, “It is really difficult to reach this level.” too difficult”.
Today, the 83-year-old Hayao Miyazaki travels long distances due to physical inconvenience, and he asks the 75-year-old Toshio Suzuki to bring greetings and advice to the Chinese audience. He specially recorded a surprise video and sincerely said to Suzuki Toshio, “Then I’ll leave it to you.” He also asked Toshio Suzuki to bring a hand-drawn character sketch – an exclusive gift for the Chinese version of the voice actor.
Saying goodbye to a “life partner” in a movie
“What kind of life do you want to live” tells the story of a young man who formed a new family with his father and stepmother after his mother was killed in a fire. Zhenren, who was deeply saddened, was gloomy and lonely. In an accident, he followed a talking heron into a mysterious tower, entered the fantasy “world of life and death”, and began an incredible adventure… many years later. Speaking of painting again, Hayao Miyazaki said that he was “prepared to die while making this movie” and also projected his own personal experience on the real protagonist to reconcile with past regrets. Toshio Suzuki once said in an interview: “This can be said to be the director’s confession of his childhood.”
In the surprise video, Hayao Miyazaki said to Toshio Suzuki, “The heron is you” – he drew his best friend in life into the movie of life, accompanying him on adventures. Toshio Suzuki shared that he was very surprised when he saw the conversation between Heron and Masato in front of the table, because “the conversation in this scene was the usual conversation between me and director Hayao Miyazaki.” Suzuki Toshio also revealed many interesting things about his daily relationship with Hayao Miyazaki. For example, Miyazaki would call him in the middle of the night just to tell him that he couldn’t sleep. Regarding the 46-year friendship between the two, Toshio Suzuki said sincerely: “I have many paths to take, but when I met Hayao Miyazaki, I decided to go with him.” “The two of us will always be together until the end of time. Until a person dies.”
In addition to the prototype of Heron being Suzuki Toshio, there are also many close friends of Hayao Miyazaki “hidden” in the movie. Suzuki Toshio revealed the secrets to the audience one by one at the scene: the “tower owner” uncle symbolizes Hayao Miyazaki’s “life mentor” Isao Takahata in his animation career, and the sassy Kiriko symbolizes Yasuda, the color designer who has worked with Hayao Miyazaki for many years. Dao Shi. Suzuki Toshio said: “Isao Takahata not only collaborated with Hayao Miyazaki for many years, but also inspired his life.” During the production of the film, Isao Takahata passed away due to illness, which had a huge impact on Hayao Miyazaki. blow. In the film, the real person refuses to inherit his uncle’s legacy. Suzuki Toshio said “this is a very critical scene.” This refusal was a very difficult decision for Miyazaki Hayao to make. In this life movie, Hayao Miyazaki finally completed his farewell to Isao Takahata, which moved the audience to tears.
New and old friends gather together to create an audio-visual feast
As Miyazaki Hayao’s “life work”, the film not only has a profound space for interpretation, but the behind-the-scenes lineup is also top-notch. Not only did the film feature Ghibli’s largest production, Hayao Miyazaki’s soul partner Joe Hisaishi also returned to score the film, presenting a palace-level audio-visual feast. The movie also has a very luxurious dubbing cast around the world. The original Japanese version is dubbed by actors such as Masaki Sugada and Takuya Kimura, while the Chinese version is voiced by six powerful actors Liu Haoran, Dapeng, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhu Yawen, Zhang Hanyun, and Chen Jianbin.
It is worth mentioning that the theme song of this movie “Globe” was composed by Kenshi Yonezu based on Hayao Miyazaki’s life experience and took four years to create. It can be said to be Hayao Miyazaki’s “song of life”. When Miyazaki heard this song for the first time, he shed tears. Suzuki Toshio said that although he had never asked Miyazaki why he cried, he speculated that he might have recalled his childhood experiences in the song. At the Chinese premiere, Kenshi Yonezu also sent an exclusive video greeting to the Chinese audience. He shared the creation story behind the song and said: “Together with the movie, I will be deeply honored if the song “Globe” can be heard by the Chinese audience.”
Hayao Miyazaki’s works have accompanied generations of people. Several Chinese dubbing actors have completed the dubbing of the Chinese version with their love and affection for Hayao Miyazaki. Liu Haoran said that he “fulfilled his childhood dream” by dubbing for Hayao Miyazaki’s movie. Dapeng said frankly: “I am very happy to have walked into a movie directed by Hayao Miyazaki. This is the moment when my dream comes true.” Zhu Yawen shared the influence of Hayao Miyazaki on his career in the interview: “If there is something in my creative background. Something innocent, it’s inseparable from Mr. Miyazaki’s animated films.”
At the premiere, Toshio Suzuki was full of praise for everyone’s dubbing performance, saying that Liu Haoran’s integrity and honesty fit the character of the real person very well, Dapeng showed the “badness” of Heron, and Zhu Yawen presented the real person well. The role of father and parrot king. He praised that the Chinese dubbing version “matches the sound of the original version very well.”
At the event, Mr. Suzuki Toshio also brought exclusive gifts prepared by Hayao Miyazaki to several voice actors, including hand-drawn character sketches and exclusive “To cards” for each person, as well as sincere greetings from the old man. People are surprised and moved. Liu Haoran, Dapeng, and Zhu Yawen also carefully prepared gifts for Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki. In addition, actor Sun Yang and director of “White Snake: Origin” Huang Jiakang also came to the premiere to support Hayao Miyazaki’s life work. Sun Yang said that he grew up watching Hayao Miyazaki’s movies, and that Miyazaki’s works have given him a lot of healing power. Huang Jiakang said that Ghibli animations are very important to everyone, and he hopes that “Chinese animation colleagues will work hard to create works that everyone will like.”
