Gake no ue no Ponyo

Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea

崖の上のポニョ

Release Date: July, 19th, 2008

Running Time: 101 min

Genre: Action/Adventure , Science Fiction/Fantasy , Children/Family , Animation

Color: Color

Screening Format: 35mm

Screen Size: American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing: Dolby Digital Surround EX,DTS

[ Directed by ]

MIYAZAKI Hayao

[ Produced by ]

SUZUKI Toshio

[ Cast ]

YAMAGUCHI Tomoko ── Lisa
NAGASHIMA Kazushige ── Koichi
AMAMI Yuki ── Gran Mamare
TOKORO George ── FUJIMOTO
NARA Yuria ── Ponyo
DOI Hiroki ── Sosuke

[ Staff ]

MIYAZAKI Hayao ── Original Story
MIYAZAKI Hayao ── Screenplay
HOSHINO Koji ── Executive Producer
HISAISHI Joe ── Music
KONDO Katsuya ── Supervising Animator
YOSHIDA Noboru ── Art Director
YASUDA Michiyo ── Color Design
OKUI Atsushi ── Digital Imaging
SEYAMA Takeshi ── Editing
INOUE Shuji ── Sound Mixing
KASAMATSU Koji ── Sound Effects
KIMURA Eriko ── Recording

[ Production Company ]

Studio Ghibli, NTV, DENTSU, HAKUHODO DYMP, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi, TOHO

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

TOHO

[ Production Studio ]

Studio Ghibli

[ Story ]

The latest animated film by Miyazaki Hayao of Spirited Away from Studio Ghibli after four years since Howl's Moving Castle. It was created without using CG, valuing expressions achieved through drawing by hand. A fantasy based on Andersen's The Little Mermaid takes place in modern Japan. The film was the number one box-office hit in Japan in 2008, and the theme song of the same title was also a big hit. It was entered into the Competition section at the 65th Venice International Film Festival.
Sosuke, a boy who lives on a cliff, rescues Ponyo, a little fish, with her head stuck in a jam jar. Ponyo becomes very fond of Sosuke and decides to become human so that she can stay with him, but her father Fujimoto takes her back to the sea by force. Ponyo uses her father's magic to break away and rushes back to Sosuke at the cliff top. The powerful magic, however, brings imbalance to the world and causes a great flood.

[ Official Site ]

http://www.ghibli.jp/ponyo/

[ Premiere ]

International Premiere: Venice International Film Festival 2008

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Venice International Film Festival 2008 Audience Award chosen by an Italian movie magazine,‘CIAK’, Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award, and Future Film Festival Digital Award’s Special Mention