Review of “A Nation That Merely Dithers Around” (1991)
Miyazaki Hayao (writer).
Read in Starting Point.
Contemporary Japan’s response to the Gulf War.
As a filmmaker, I have continued to think that the main challenge we face in Japan today is to survive without being crushed to death by our repressive society.
References here: Starting Point: 1979–1996 (1996/2009), “The Elemental Power of the Forest Also Lives Within the Hearts of Human Beings” (1997).