Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024)

Hayao Miyazaki as Self Age 85 · Tokyo, Japan Hayao Miyazaki (Miyazaki Hayao, born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films. Through a career that has spanned nearly...

Toshio Suzuki as Self Age 77 · Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Toshio Suzuki is a producer and President at Studio Ghibli. He has produced the work of two of Japan's foremost animators, Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki..

Isao Takahata as Self (archive fotage) Died 2018 · Ujiyamada [now Ise], Mie, Japan Isao Takahata (October 29, 1935 – April 5, 2018), co-founder of Studio Ghibli, was one of the most famous directors of Japanese animated films. Unlike most anime directors, he did not draw and never w...

Takeshi Honda as Self Age 58 · Ishikawa, Japan Japanese animator, designer, and animation director. Nicknamed as "Master" (師匠, Shishou), by Takahiro Kishida during the production of Bubblegum Crisis. Since then the nickname has been widely recogn...

Masaki Suda as Self Age 33 · Osaka, Japan Taishō Sugō (菅生 大将), known professionally as Masaki Suda (菅田 将暉), is a Japanese actor and singer. He won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role. In addi...