Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece
Hayao Miyazaki (1941-) is one of the core figures of the famous Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. His Spirited Away is the first Japanese animation to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film and the first animation to win the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.
# Spirited Away
Year: 2001 | Country: Japan
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Rumi Hiiragi, Miyu Irino, Mari Natsuki, Takashi Naito, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Synopsis
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family
# Porco Rosso
Year: 1992 | Country: Japan
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Shūichirō Moriyama , Tokiko Kato , Bunshi Katsura VI , Tsunehiko Kamijô , Akemi Okamura
Synopsis
In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.