Joe Hisaishi In Budokan - Studio Ghibli 25 Years Concert
A concert given on 4th and 5th (plus an added performance on 6th) of August 2008 at Tokyo's 14,000-seat Nippon Budôkan venue commemorating both the Japanese theatrical premiere of “Ponyo” and the 25 years of musical collaboration between composer Joe Hisaishi and filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.
Mami Sunada
Director
Casts & Crew
Joe Hisaishi
Himself
Hayao Miyazaki
Himself
Also Directed by Mami Sunada
Follows the behind-the-scenes work of Studio Ghibli, focusing on the notable figures Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki.
Recently retired from a company after some 40 years of service, Sunada Tomoaki, father of filmmaker Sunada Mami, is diagnosed with terminal cancer and only has a few months left to live. True to his pragmatic core, Sunada sets out to accomplish a list of tasks before his final departure: playing with his grandchildren, planning his own funeral, saying “I love you” to his wife, among others. In a voice over, using words taken from her father’s diary, filmmaker Sunada speaks tenderly in first person as the elder Sunada.
