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Lasseter-san, Thank You (2003)

The More Than 20 Year Friendship Between Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter Behind Spirited Away's Academy Award Win

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 2H 35M

Director : Juuichi Satou
Writer : Toshio Suzuki

Synopsis

Depicts the 2002 trip by several employees of Studio Ghibli to promote the movie Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away) in North America. It was originally made as a private thank-you gift from Ghibli to John Lasseter, the Lasseter-San of the title. The show appears similar to a home movie, or private documentary. This footage includes snippets from some of Miyazaki's films, as well as some Pixar shorts. The most striking part were clips from Porco Rosso, interchanging with images of Miyazaki flying a red double-decker.

Actors

Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Himself
John Lasseter
John Lasseter
Himself
Toshio Suzuki
Toshio Suzuki
Himself / Narrator
Rex Jones
Rex Jones
Narrator

Crews

Juuichi Satou
Juuichi Satou
Compositing Supervisor
Kou Seki
Kou Seki
Cinematography
Yoshiko Saitou
Yoshiko Saitou
Editor
Toshio Suzuki
Toshio Suzuki
Producer
Toshio Suzuki
Toshio Suzuki
Screenplay
Juuichi Satou
Juuichi Satou
Director

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