(Put a pin in that one!) Despite working to arm the Imperial Japanese military, Katsuji was able to get out of actually serving in the war by telling his commanding officer that he didn’t want to fight when he had a wife and kid, which somehow got him discharged with just a lecture. No surprise, really: his dad Katsuji Miyazaki ran a company Miyazaki Airplane, which manufactured parts for world war II aeroplanes such as the infamous Zero fighter plane.
If there’s one thing old Hayao loves, it is aeroplanes - particularly planes from the early-mid 20th century. Putting them alongside each other to see what we learn…
Tonight, we’re going to look at two films, Porco Rosso and the controversial The Wind Rises, which indicate his particular arc through life in, honestly, a rather sad way. Animation Night 111 where we look at the fascinating My Neighbour Totoro- Grave of the Fireflies double bill of 1988.Animation Night 100 where I tell you about one of my favourite ever films Mononoke-Hime.Animation Night 70, where I talk about his early career and years as a Toei union man, up to the founding of Ghibli.Oh that Hayao Miyazaki! We sure have a slightly complicated relationship to him here on Animation Night!
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