Movies by Hayao Miyazaki
![Spirited Away](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/39wmItIWsg5sZMyRUHLkWBcuVCM.jpg)
Spirited Away
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
![The Boy and the Heron](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/f4oZTcfGrVTXKTWg157AwikXqmP.jpg)
The Boy and the Heron
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."
![Howl's Moving Castle](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6pZgH10jhpToPcf0uvyTCPFhWpI.jpg)
Howl's Moving Castle
Sophie, a young milliner, is turned into an elderly woman by a witch who enters her shop and curses her. She encounters a wizard named Howl and gets caught up in his resistance to fighting for the king.
![My Neighbor Totoro](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rtGDOeG9LzoerkDGZF9dnVeLppL.jpg)
My Neighbor Totoro
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
![Kiki's Delivery Service](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/Aufa4YdZIv4AXpR9rznwVA5SEfd.jpg)
Kiki's Delivery Service
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
![Ponyo](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/yp8vEZflGynlEylxEesbYasc06i.jpg)
Ponyo
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.
![Princess Mononoke](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/cMYCDADoLKLbB83g4WnJegaZimC.jpg)
Princess Mononoke
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
![Castle in the Sky](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/41XxSsJc5OrulP0m7TrrUeO2hoz.jpg)
Castle in the Sky
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
![Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/tcrkfB8SRPQCgwI88hQScua6nxh.jpg)
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
![Porco Rosso](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8mIvSvnVBApfORL9N6S38Q7wD6A.jpg)
Porco Rosso
In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle the pirate crew's American ace, Porco Rosso enlists the help of spunky girl mechanic Fio Piccolo and his longtime friend Madame Gina.
![The Wind Rises](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/jfwSexzlIzaOgxP9A8bTA6t8YYb.jpg)
The Wind Rises
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
![Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vRWNAjvhY3vIOirWONi50y9bFDW.jpg)
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
After a successful robbery leaves famed thief Lupin the Third and his partner Jigen with nothing but a large amount of expertly crafted counterfeit bills, he decides to track down the forgers responsible—and steal any other treasures he may find in the Castle of Cagliostro, including the 'damsel in distress' he finds imprisoned there.
![The Day I Bought a Star](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/lAZ9WRAQQHMdUjkGc1KuxBPZl9I.jpg)
The Day I Bought a Star
The short film is about a boy who lives and works on a farm. One day when going to sell vegetables at a market, his cart breaks down. Two strangers, a frog and a mole, offer him a strange seed in exchange for the vegetables. The boy accepts and finds that the seed grows into a miniature planet. It continues growing as he tends to it, forming an atmosphere, weather systems and life. After being taken back to the city, he meets the stranger who sold the seed to him, and they release the planet into a galaxy of similar planets, where it will gr...
![Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/90gkvDSB5AYd26wMtJUoyLSHNcB.jpg)
Lupin the Third: Greatest Capers
A double dose of fun and excitement unfolds as Lupin III, the world's most loveable thief, does his best to stay one step ahead of the law, as he presents his two most spectacular capers! Hayao Miyazaki directed both episodes under the pseudonym Teruki Tsutomu.
Piyopiyo Baba
The witch Yubaba from Spirited Away faces the viewer then laughs exaggeratedly, her mouth wide open. She spins around 180 degrees and a baby bird comes out of her hair, singing. The bird disappears in the hair of the witch who resumes her initial position and leaves with a great burst of laughter.
![Yuki's Sun](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/bR2CWcbVtvcYe6AFlvDO4em52Xt.jpg)
Yuki's Sun
TV pilot based on an original manga by Tetsuya Chiba, about a 10-year old girl named Yuki. An orphan who's being adopted by a family.
Bobo-kun
Bobo-kun is a fire demon who eats coal continuously.
![Tacolator](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/eeEvh2Jy7kxvlxEctjiEYe2umhv.jpg)
Tacolator
An octopus goes up an escalator placed in the water.
![Madaran's World](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oVPoKHSyMptyV6bPIOzTK63iZMd.jpg)
Madaran's World
The universe of strange and colorful creatures that are born, eat, are eaten... and are reborn indefinitely on the screen.
![Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/fZF5MFxbieqLvPhkBCnKvbtcz4U.jpg)
Mr. Dough and the Egg Princess
The story of a tiny Egg-girl who is forced to serve the evil Boar-like witch Baba Yaga. But after a blob of Dough comes to life, she befriends him and both escape from the witch's home at a Water mill on a cliff and set off to see the world. The soundtrack is Joe Hisaishi's arrangement of Vivaldi's La Folia