The 82-year-old Hayao Miyazaki has released a new work, which is also his retired work "What kind of life do you want to live" (君たちはどう生きるか), which will be released in Japan on July 14. The three-day box office of the first weekend reached 1.57 billion yen (approximately RMB 80.92 million), creating the third highest first weekend box office in Japan this year and the second highest first weekend box office since the establishment of Studio Ghibli.

"What kind of life do you want to live" poster

"What kind of life do you want to live" can be described as zero publicity, only a teaser poster was released before the release, and no trailers, stills or commercial promotions were released. After the film's box office exceeded 1 billion yen (approximately RMB 51.53 million) on the second day after its release, Studio Ghibli has recovered the cost of film production. It is reported that the final box office of "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" in Japan is expected to exceed 10 billion yen (about 520 million yuan).

As of 9:00 on July 17th, Beijing time, "What kind of life do you want to live" scored 3.3 points on "Yinghua.com"

Different from the rapid success at the box office, the word-of-mouth of "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" shows a trend of polarization. On the Japanese film rating website "Yinghua.com", known as Japan's "Douban" and Japan's "Rotten Tomatoes", the film's opening score was 3 points (5 points), and the current score is 3.3 points. Most of the audience's comments They all include "unintelligible", and most of the high-scoring comments are "unintelligible, but greatly shocked/moved", while low-scoring comments basically complain about "too difficult to understand".

On July 14, the day "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" was released, Studio Ghibli released the second material of the film, and its official profile picture was updated to this picture.

The unseen-japan website believes that "What kind of life do you want to live" will be the best animation work in the world in the next few decades. The film review on the website said that the film deliberately became an independent film to avoid any kind of popular popularity , the purpose is to convey a more profound message to the younger generation.

The "Anime" website, which focuses on Japanese comics, believes that "What kind of life do you want to live" may not be the pinnacle of Hayao Miyazaki's movies, but it is still a great movie, at least not a bad movie. The goal is to use a fantasy story about coping with the loss of a loved one.

Of course, there are also comments that the film is destined to sweep multiple awards next year, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film.

"What kind of life do you want to live" is Hayao Miyazaki's twelfth feature-length animated film. In 2017, Hayao Miyazaki, who has announced his retirement seven times, came back for the eighth time, announcing that he would produce "the final retirement work", which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Japanese writer Yoshino Gensaburo. Read from 10 to 70".

The novel "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" was published in 1937. Through the confusion experienced by a teenager growing up, it explores what is really important in being a human being. The book has been selected and edited into many editions of Japanese textbooks. Influenced by Hayao Miyazaki's decision to adapt the book, the novel "What Kind of Life Do You Want to Live" once again topped the Japanese book list in 2018.

"What kind of life do you want to live" Simplified Chinese version