A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest

December. 19,2007      
Rating:
8.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honouring Kazuo Oga, the art director and background artist for many famed works from Japan's Studio Ghibli. Over 600 works from the artist were on display, and numerous fans flocked to the one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the lush, gorgeous background artwork typifying many a work from Hayao Miyazaki and other Ghibli filmmakers. International fans of Oga and Studio Ghibli have not been left out, however. A Ghibli Artisan - Kazuo Oga Exhibition - The One Who Drew Totoro's Forest allows fans the opportunity to attend the exhibition, as well as watch interviews and testimonials with Oga's contemporaries and collaborators, all subtitled in English.

Hayao Miyazaki as  Self
Isao Takahata as  Self
Kazuo Oga as  Self
Shichiro Kobayashi as  Self
Yoji Takeshige as  Self
Toshio Suzuki as  Self

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