In cinema, few names are as iconic as Hayao Miyazaki, and his latest adventure carries the weight of expectation. Drawing inspiration from the mysticism of Japanese folklore and grounded in the pai…
The film starts with Mahito Maki waking up to the sound of warning sirens. There is a fire in the town hospital that belongs to his mother. He tries to help put out the fire, but he’s too late and the burning building collapses with his mother inside. Four years later, Mahito and his father Shoichi move to a new town where his pregnant new wife Natsuko lives. At his new home, a gray heron flies around the premises and shows a particular fondness for the boy and vice versa.
is no exception. The profound pain of losing a parent and the lengths one might go to for reunion are examined with the emotional reverence that only Miyazaki can manifest. It’s not about heaven or hell; in Miyazaki’s universe, “as above, so below” reigns supreme. There’s a cyclic nature to life and death; they’re two sides of the same coin.
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