Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Cinema
Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Cinema
June 8–August 31, 2024
All of Hayao Miyazaki’s feature films—environmental allegories, fantasy epics, and intimate family adventures—populated by a bestiary of snarling, grotesque demons and cute, cuddly sprites (appearances can be deceiving) are presented here in their original Japanese versions.
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Spirited Away © 2001 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDDTM
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Princess Mononoke © 1997 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, ND
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The Wind Rises © 2013 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, NDHDMTK
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Kiki’s Delivery Service © 1989 Eiko Kadono/Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli, N
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My Neighbor Totoro © 1988 Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli
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Films - Past
Films - Past
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Past Films
Princess Mononoke
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1997Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13Saturday, June 8 4:00 PMView DetailsIn a long-ago Japan, a war is raging for the future of Earth, one that sets the animal kingdom against humanity, nature against pollution, and harmony against chaos. An epic cinematic experience.
Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1979Original Japanese version
Sunday, June 9 4:30 PMView DetailsHayao Miyazaki’s first feature film, based on a popular adventure serial, finds Lupin, a gentleman thief, trying to expose a counterfeiting plot, avoid Interpol, and rescue a damsel in distress.
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2001Original Japanese version
Saturday, June 15 4:00 PMView DetailsIn this celebrated Hayao Miyazaki fantasy, ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon an abandoned theme park that turns out to be a true magic kingdom. Joe Hisaishi’s exquisite score enhances a cinematic feast. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Castle in the Sky
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1986Original Japanese version
Sunday, June 23 3:00 PMView DetailsTwo children become caught up in a race against both good-natured aerial pirates and ruthless government agents to claim the secrets of the castle in the sky in this tale inspired by Jules Verne and Gulliver’s Travels.
Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2008Original Japanese version
Saturday, June 29 4:30 PMView DetailsIn this ecstatic fairy tale inspired by The Little Mermaid, a five-year-old boy finds a goldfish that transforms into a little girl, the irrepressible Ponyo.
Porco Rosso
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1992Original Japanese version
Saturday, July 6 5:00 PMView DetailsA (literally) pig-headed pilot hunts air pirates over the late 1920s Adriatic Sea in this wartime adventure. “As beautifully drawn and colored as anything [Hayao Miyazaki]’s done” (Mike Hale, New York Times).
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1988Original Japanese version
Saturday, July 13 5:00 PMView DetailsTwo sisters encounter wood sprites, magical trees, and flying “catbuses” in this enchanting tale that has become one of the most beloved family films of all time.
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1984BAMPFA Collection
Original Japanese versionSunday, July 14 4:30 PMView DetailsIn Hayao Miyazaki’s stirring animated epic, a girl who is both soldier and scientist seeks to reconcile the last remnants of her still-warring species with the monstrous biological order overtaking Earth.
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1989Original Japanese version
Sunday, July 21 4:30 PMView DetailsThirteen-year-old witch Kiki leaves home and discovers a soaring independence as she masters her mother’s broom, even as she grapples with the same insecurities that trouble all adolescents.
Howl’s Moving Castle
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2004Original Japanese version
Sunday, July 28 4:00 PMView DetailsIn an intricately rendered European storybook land, Sophie must help the mysterious magician Howl end both his own curse and an all-too-real war.
The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2013Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13
Audio Description
Closed CaptionedSaturday, August 3 4:00 PMView DetailsYoung Jiro dreams of flying but ends up designing warplanes instead in Hayao Miyazaki’s “devastatingly honest lament for the corruption of beauty” (David Ehrlich, IndieWire).
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2023Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13
Audio Description
Closed CaptionedSaturday, August 10 4:00 PMView DetailsHayao Miyazaki’s self-proclaimed final film takes a maximalist approach to storytelling, as a pestering gray heron leads the sullen twelve-year-old Mahito deep into a realm of hallucinatory, time-bending fantasy.
Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2001Original Japanese version
Saturday, August 17 4:00 PMView DetailsIn this celebrated Hayao Miyazaki fantasy, ten-year-old Chihiro and her parents stumble upon an abandoned theme park that turns out to be a true magic kingdom. Joe Hisaishi’s exquisite score enhances a cinematic feast. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
My Neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1988Original Japanese version
Sunday, August 25 1:00 PMView DetailsTwo sisters encounter wood sprites, magical trees, and flying “catbuses” in this enchanting tale that has become one of the most beloved family films of all time.
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2023Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13
Audio Description
Closed CaptionedSunday, August 25 5:30 PMView DetailsHayao Miyazaki’s self-proclaimed final film takes a maximalist approach to storytelling, as a pestering gray heron leads the sullen twelve-year-old Mahito deep into a realm of hallucinatory, time-bending fantasy.
Princess Mononoke
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 1997Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13Thursday, August 29 7:00 PMView DetailsIn a long-ago Japan, a war is raging for the future of Earth, one that sets the animal kingdom against humanity, nature against pollution, and harmony against chaos. An epic cinematic experience.
The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki
Japan, 2013Original Japanese version
MPA Rating: PG-13
Audio Description
Closed CaptionedSaturday, August 31 3:00 PMView DetailsYoung Jiro dreams of flying but ends up designing warplanes instead in Hayao Miyazaki’s “devastatingly honest lament for the corruption of beauty” (David Ehrlich, IndieWire).