Review of “My Teacher and I” (1990)
Miyazaki Hayao (writer).
Read in Starting Point.
Miyazaki’s relationship with a Mr. Satō, who had been his art teacher in middle school but had since resigned to do oil paintings while also directing a kindergarten.
A rare look into Miyazaki’s own childhood.
References here: Starting Point: 1979–1996 (1996/2009), “Recalling the Days of My Youth” (1998).