Mixing Work with Pleasure

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 experienced 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.

SUZUKI Toshio
Born in Nagoya city in 1948, Suzuki graduated from Keio University (literature faculty) in 1972 and was employed by Tokuma Shoten Publishing. After working in the editorial department of the magazine Animage, he became involved in film production with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. From 1989 he devoted his time exclusively to Studio Ghibli, producing numerous hits such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

He is presently producer and chairman of Studio Ghibli.

His other publications include Eiga doraku (Mixing Film with Pleasure; Kadokawa Bunko), Jiburi no tetsugaku (Ghibli’s Philosophy; Iwanami Shoten), Suzuki Toshio no Jiburi asemamire (Toshio Suzuki’s Sweating It Out at Ghibli; fukkan.com), Kaze ni fukarete (Blown by the Wind; Chuokoron-Shinsha), and Jinsei wa tannaru karasawagi: Kotoba no maho (Life Is Nothing but a Fuss over Nothing: The Magic of Words; Kadokawa Shoten).

*information as of time of publication

Japan Library series
Art & Design

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥2,500 + tax
ISBN 9784866580227
220 mm x 148 mm / 238 pp. / March 2018

eBook
ISBN 9784866580449 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866580340 (PDF)

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’s 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 the 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

「いつも現在進行形、面白いのは目の前のこと。」スタジオジブリと30年、次々と大ヒットを生み出す名プロデューサー・鈴木敏夫。彼が巡り合った宮崎駿と高畑勲という天才的監督をはじめ、ジブリ映画に携わる人々を生き生きとユーモラスに描く。

鈴木敏夫
1948 年名古屋市生まれ。1972 年慶應義塾大学文学部卒業，徳間書店入社『アニメージュ』編集部を経て，『風の谷のナウシカ』を機に映画制作へ。1989 年よりスタジオジブリ専従，プロデューサーとして『もののけ姫』『千と千尋の神隠し』など，大ヒット作を次々に生みだす。現在―スタジオジブリ代表取締役プロデューサー

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