Owaranai hito: Miyazaki Hayao (2016) Movie Script

Now it's all in the past.

Our era is ending.

Maybe it's for the best.

We'd like to start the

press conference.

We'll start with a statement

by Director Hayao Miyazaki.

Just one comment.

I've caused a stir before

by saying I'm quitting.

So people don't believe me.

But... this time...

I mean it.

I try to stay in

shape and go easy,

but it's getting harder

to concentrate.

It's a physical fact.

Old age brings problems.

It can't be helped.

I've always done my best,

so I have no regrets.

I believe I've always pushed

myself to the limit.

I've never looked back.

My era of feature-length films

is clearly over.

I've decided to treat

any desire to continue

as the delusions of an old man.

I'm coming.

Why the camera?

Pardon my intrusion.

I'm retired, now.

Lots of snow, eh?

Lots of funerals too, lately.

I hate it.

They were all younger than me.

Hope this coffee's not too

strong for you.

Thank you.

I've stopped

accommodating others.

That song Let It Go

is popular now.

It's all about being yourself.

But that's terrible.

Self-satisfied

people are boring.

We have to push hard

and surpass ourselves.

- It's time to work.

- Please do.

Don't mind me.

No need to film.

I'm just doodling something

for display at the museum.

I'm a retired old geezer.

A pensioner.

If I concentrate

like I once did,

I suddenly get exhausted.

I just fool around, now.

Want some tea?

I've got things I want to do,

but don't feel I can.

I want to create

something extraordinary.

liust don't know if

I can do it.

Hey, birdie!

Want some food?

This won't do...

How about chocolate?

Studio Ghibli was

founded for Hayao.

His ability to keep

going is crucial.

So now...

If Hayao quits, it's meaningless

to have a production team.

I explained that clearly to the

staff, and they understood.

So the production team

was put on hiatus,

or really, disbanded.

Ghibli films are almost

all hand-drawn.

But the world's changing.

We can't stop CGI

from taking over animated films.

It's important to draw

full human beings.

You're drawing people,

not characters.

I'm counting on you.

No, no, no.

Bundles like this are

cradled in the arm.

People don't let them hang down.

That never happens.

No one runs that way, either.

They'd at least put a hand down.

No good.

Start over.

Draw it.Think it through.

Do you live without thinking?

Do it or you're out!

Quit now!

I think it's really over.

I trained successors.

But I couldn't let go.

I devoured them.

l devoured their talent.

There was no one left

to take over.

The studio devours people.

That was my destiny.

late them all.

I don't regret shutting

the studio down.

You should come here every day.

It would keep you young.

- I'm not supposed to drive.

- What?

My doctor says no more

than an hour.

It's so limiting.

It's like all we can do

now is get old.

- That's right.

- That's it.

The question is, how will we

end? That's the hard thing.

Hello! Nice to see you again.

Whew! I'm worn out.

Ishii's production company

recently showed me some

CGI animation.

Interesting people.

Really young!

Why'd you meet them?

I'll use CGI to make

a short film.

06”? That's surprising!

So you think CGl's offers

new possibilities?

No, that's not it.

I have ideas that I can't

draw by myself.

This might be a way to do it.

That's all I hope.

It's a new genre,

this technology.

So there's lots of vitality.

He wants to keep creating

until he dies.

He said he was retiring, but...

That just applies to feature

films. He wants to do shorts.

There's one project left.

It's called Boro the

Caterpillar.

Until he finishes that,

he feels incomplete.

This is Boro.

This project's so difficult

I don't know where to start.

I can't draw a

caterpillar with a pencil.

So I have to turn to CGI.

Good morning!

Shall we start?

This is our second session.

Yuhei's in charge of

the characters.

Let's just show him.

First, Boro walking.

Mmm. Interesting.

You didn't do this by hand,

right?

No, as far as the

hair's concerned,

it was all done mathematically.

It reflects how hair

moves in nature.

The computer calculates it.

It accounts for air resistance.

You can set how strong

the wind blows...

This hump...

should start here and flow back.

I'd like that feeling

to be clearer.

Caterpillars really

move that way.

I'd like that emphasized.

And the head shouldn't

move so much.

Watch the head and front legs...

If those legs start to

grab something,

it'll look completely different.

l was going to do that.

Oh, really?

I think we've got

something here.

Thank you.You've given me

a lot to think about today.

I think CGI might work,

but I have to clarify

the concept.

- People are the key.

- That's for sure.

You have to have the

right people.

So do you think

they're suitable?

Yes, I think they're good.

A chance encounter...

Funny how that works.

Well...

There's no escape, now!

New technology makes

it possible.

So I'm going to try it.

I don't expect much

to come of it.

It's exciting to see you

take on a new challenge!

I don't like the word

"challenge."

0h?

I just trudge along.

Forward, always forward...

Good morning!

You start your new

project today.

Yes, we start today.

But at my age, it's tough

to start work again.

This'll be my desk.

It's all dusty.

This is past its season.

Just looking isn't enough.

I have to look while imagining

Boro climbing on it.

Then I might get somewhere.

I blame Boro for living

in such a bothersome place.

So interesting...

What should I look at?

I just sketch anything that

catches my attention.

Fortunately,

Yuhei and his staff

come in later.

I'll draw something that'll

make them want to quit!

Since we're doing CGI,

I want to push them to the

limits of what CGI can do.

No good. Mmm.

Who started this stupid project?

I'm not making a story, yet.

That's too limiting.

I'm just sketching

what might go in.

I wish I could draw that

plain background.

The one you just looked at?

Yeah.

Nothing special.

Something everyone's seen.

That's hard to do?

My backgrounds were

usually contrived.

But now I'm attracted

to throw-away backgrounds.

Maybe it's my age...

Hello?

Mmm. Oh, I see.

Nothing else has been decided?

Okay. I understand.

She passed away.

Fifty years.

Actually 52 years, we

worked together.

She was sure she'd live to 93,

but fell short by 20 years.

Nothing to be done.

But I can't help wonder why

I wasn't taken first.

What to make of it?

People are dying who should

have outlived me.

What am I doing here?

Hello!

Sorry I'm late.

This here is your problem area.

It's like a black box, isn't it?

If you boiled my shoulder,

it wouldn't make a broth.

Just inky black water.

Sherlock Holmes would know.

He'd say, "You're an animator."

But what do I do with the time

I have left?

I'm a weak, used-up old man.

It'd be ridiculous to think

I'll ever regain my youth.

- Ah, welcome!

- Good morning!

We're ready.

This is Yuhei.

And...

This is Yukinori.

Nice to meet you.

You're all so elite, it

makes me nervous!

Let's ease into it.

What's this?

Beams of light. Wow!

I'll explain the

basic storyline.

I'm thinking 100 shots

in 10 minutes.

A blue dawn before sunrise.

Sparkling air cubes dance down.

One hits a stem where

Boro lives and shatters.

There's no sound, no

weight-- it's air.

A crystallized fragment hits an

egg stuck on the stalk.

The egg cracks open, and

eyes peer out.

That's the birth of Boro.

Once we start, it

shouldn't take long.

There aren't many characters.

Once we get that, it'll be fast.

I'd...

...like to experiment with

the caterpillar a little.

Fascinating.

Maybe my meddling will ruin it!

Here's the top view, and

the side view.

The eyes go here.

Keep going.

I've added fingers.

I thought fingers would give

you more dramatic options.

Yeah. Give it a try.

It's so strange.

Like creating a new virus.

Hayao likes young people.

They energize him.

But what happens to the

young people?

Working with him ages them.

Hayao himself, well...

he absorbs youthful energy

and gets revitalized.

He'll do that as long

as he lives.

I'd like to show you something.

It's still very rough, but...

Here...

I'd like to see this go higher,

like this.

It starts here, and bulges up,

then down.

Make the top point clearer.

Can I use this to draw?

The hump starts here...

and ripples up...

to a peak.

It's okay for it to be

generated quickly.

Then ripple up to a clear peak.

Now, about the feet...

How about this?

Can they go this way?

Ah, we can do that.

They should look busy.

Let's go a little deeper.

Keep at it!

That's all.

Thank you.

No, don't thank me.

I should thank you.

It feels like we're making

a film. I'm excited!

My heart's racing.

Pitter-pat, pitter-pat!

I have to draw on paper

to understand.

Excuse me.

The onion's waiting, see?

You're making ramen?

Things are not going well.

How do we move forward?

That's the question.

Well...

It'll work out somehow.

l have to show them a layout.

There.

I think that CGI animators

focus on external movement

but ignore motivation.

Movement isn't neutral.

It has intent.

That's what makes muscles move.

Oh, no! I can't stop myself!

This is amazing!

With this much detail, we

can't ignore it.

That's for sure.

I'm sure he's trying to help us.

That's why he made such

detailed drawings.

Might be faster to

draw by hand...

You're 100 times more

energetic than last year.

Don't be silly.

I'm not healthy at all.

No, I'm sure of it.

That look in your eyes...

I'll have to work my whole life!

I'm sure you're energetic.

- Work keeps you going.

- Don't say that!

Your eyes burn with purpose!

I qualify as an old, old man.

Near the end of my life!

- Who says so?

- I do.

Call it my final gasp!

- It's so quiet.

-Yeah.

How many times have I done this?

Here.

The site of photosynthesis.

It needs something more.

Maybe a little hair...

I recently read a book

that really shook me up.

I questioned my

decision to retire.

You had an intense

encounter with a book?

Yeah.

I read it avidly many times.

It showed me a different way to

interpret and portray the world.

I thought, I still

have something.

Like doing another feature film?

No, that's different.

That's not so easy to do.

If it were, I'd still work.

My physical and mental

drive are failing.

I really feel it.

Well...

It's best for me to

recognize that.

- Oh?

- Yes, it's true.

I went for my

driving review test

and stood in line with

lots of people my age.

I realized I'm really a geezer!

Here. See?

This is how they looked.

It was shocking.

An old man shocked by old men.

-Yes?

- May I show you something?

What is it?

We added some movement.

The turning motion's

too adult-like.

Imean...

Babies don't turn their

heads so sharply.

Owaranai hito: Miyazaki Hayao (2016) - full transcript