Mixing work with pleasure : my life at Studio Ghibli / Toshio Suzuki ; translated by Roger Speares.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19- author.

Contributor:

Speares, Roger, translator.

Series:

Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)

Japan library.

Standardized Title:

Shigoto dōraku. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19---Friends and associates.

Suzuki, Toshio.

Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19-.

Sutajio Jiburi, Kabushiki Kaisha.

Motion picture producers and directors--Japan--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Animated films.

Friends and associates.

Japan.

Motion picture producers and directors--Japan--Anecdotes.

Animated films--Japan--Anecdotes.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

235 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018.

Language Note:

Colophon also in Japanese.

Summary:

Toshio Suzuki has devoted himself to Studio Ghibli for some thirty years, producing such world-renowned animated classics as "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away." early in his career he met the two genius directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata and gained their confidence. Working with these two inimitable directors, he experiences the joys and sorrows of filmmaking, and he continues today to guide the studio. Based on his innate inquisitive nature and the accumulated resources of thirty years, Suzuki has recounted in this book the story not only of Miyazaki and Takahata but also the other figures working at Studio Ghibli or in connection with it. It is a fascinating tale, told with penetrating insight and heartwarming humor.

Contents:

Preface to the English edition

Preface to the revised Japanese edition

About the Japanese revised edition

In place of a preface: memories never to be forgotten

1. Mixing work with pleasure / trust means total trust: the animage era

2. The importance of shared interests in relationships: meeting Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki

3. The importance of being the director's ally: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and the founding of Studio Ghibli

4. New ideas are within a radius of three meters: Hayao Miyazaki filmmaking

5. Filmmaking is like tumbling all together down a slope: the philosophy and practice of Isao Takahata

6. There is no end to worrying in this world: the life of Yasuyoshi Tokuma

7. For making things, small companies are best:Ghibli as a "small neighborhood factory"

8. The future opens up to the steady and steadfast: always think in the present tense

Afterword to the original Japanese edition (2008): how films result from casual conversation

Afterword to the revised Japanese edition (2014): a word about flowers

Toshio Suzuki chronology

Bibliography.

Notes:

Translation of: Shigoto dōraku.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).

Originally published by Iwanami Shoten in 2014.

Contains:

Suzuki, Toshio, 1948 August 19- Shigoto dōraku. English

ISBN:

9784866580227

4866580224

OCLC:

1030443952