Hisaishi has composed the score for every one of Miyazaki’s films with Studio Ghibli, including the proto-Ghibli film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. The series continues this year with a focus on the films of Hayao Miyazaki.Miyazaki and Hisaishi make for a phenomenal duo, and they deserve to be considered among the all-time great director and composer pairings, alongside Steven Spielberg/John Williams and Christopher Nolan/Hans Zimmer. Since 2017, GKIDS has produced the annual Studio Ghibli Fest, a monthly nationwide theatrical program of Ghibli film screenings in over 800 theaters across the country. The company has released Studio Ghibli’s most recent films in theaters nationwide, including the Academy Award-nominated The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, the Academy Award-nominated When Marnie Was There, From Up on Poppy Hill and more. GKIDS handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films across all theatrical, home video, digital, and streaming platforms. “It’s been ten years since the world has seen a new film from Miyazaki-san, and GKIDS is so proud and honored to unveil his latest, highly anticipated masterpiece in North America.” “Hayao Miyazaki is a living legend in filmmaking, as evidenced by his Academy Award win for Spirited Away and his two Oscar nominations for Howl’s Moving Castle and The Wind Rises,’” said David Jesteadt, GKIDS president. In keeping with this policy, GKIDS will not release any further details or marketing materials at this time. The hand-drawn, animated feature – director Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years – opens exclusively in Japanese cinemas this weekend. In an unprecedented decision by Studio Ghibli, no images, trailers, synopses, advertisements, or other information about the film have been made available to the public prior to its release in theaters in Japan.

Informally referred to in English-language press by its tentative title, How Do You Live, the official international title is unveiled as The Boy and the Heron.

The all-rights deal marks a continuation of GKIDS’ long-standing relationship with Ghibli. GKIDS will release The Boy and the Heron theatrically in North America later this year. Released in Japan as Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka (translated as How Do You Live), the film is an original story written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, produced by the Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, and features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of award-winning animation, today announced its acquisition of North American distribution rights to The Boy and the Heron, the highly anticipated new film from the legendary Academy Award-winning Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Japan’s celebrated animation house, Studio Ghibli.

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