Toshio Suzuki

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How do we live through this era? Legendary Studio Ghibli producer, Toshio Suzuki, discusses Zen themes in the universally treasured Ghibli works, with three Buddhist monks, Sokyu Gen’yu, Nanrei Yokota, and Shinsuke Hosokawa. Together they delve deep into enduring Zen ideas such as: the power of not knowing; confronting the present; everything being a hobby; everyone losing heart at least once; the necessary ingredients for happiness; the interesting parts of Japanese-ness; and the difference between a professional and an amateur.

Through discussions of masterpieces such as Princess Mononoke and Grave of the Fireflies, as well as those deserving of reappraisal like My Neighbors the Yamadas, alongside the work of Japanese philosophers, novelists and artists, readers will see how in the end, it’s neither the past nor the future that we must focus on, but the present.