• © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT

  • © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT

  • © 2008 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMT

Ponyo

(Gake no ue no Ponyo)

Original Japanese version

featuring

Yuria Nara, Hiroki Doi, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima,

Hayao Miyazaki heads offshore for this ecstatic fairy tale of a little goldfish princess who dreams of becoming a human girl and the small boy who becomes her friend. Underneath a raging Japanese sea live little Ponyo—a half-human, half-fish girl—and her wizard father, who hates trash-strewing humans. On the cliffs above them lives Sosuke, a polite young boy who lives with his strong-willed mother. As Ponyo and Sosuke’s friendship grows—and as Ponyo turns more human—the seas begin to transform, threatening Sosuke’s little island with destruction. Ponyo blends the storytelling finesse of a classic fable with Miyazaki’s deep love for the environment and his trademark heroines—all strong, willful, and utterly lovable. 

Jason Sanders
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Hayao Miyazaki
Language
  • Japanese
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 103 mins
Source
  • GKIDS

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