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Makoto Shinkai

(1973) Film Director Japan

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Makoto Shinkai is a film director from Japan, best known for Shousetsu Kimi no Na Wa..

Quick Facts About Makoto Shinkai

Born: February 9, 1973
Nationality: Japan
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: Shousetsu Kimi no Na Wa.
Spouse: Chieko Misaka

About Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Niitsu , known as Makoto Shinkai , is a Japanese filmmaker and novelist. A founder of CoMix Wave Films, he is known for his anime feature films enriched with visually-appealing animation and romantic stories depicting teenagers and high school students.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Nikkan Sports Film Award for Best Director

Quotes by Makoto Shinkai · Page 2

I think that's a universal theme, you know: we don't know who we're going to meet tomorrow. And that person might change…

Change

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Some people say, 'Well you're a man; how do you write about women or girls when you don't know about them?' Well,…

Children

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When I was young as a teenager, that was the biggest mystery in the world to me: Why don't people connect?

Mystery

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I have never really sensed any of Miyazaki's artistic influence on Ando. If there is an influence, it's more in his attitude…

Attitude

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“To me she represents nothing less than the very secrets of the world.”

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I really wish it would only take two hours to make a two-hour movie.

Make

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Miyazaki has a great talent, but I really struggle every time I create a new film and am far from Miyazaki.

Great

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When you're a teenager, there are more things you don't know than you know, and more people that you haven't met than…

I think

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I think animation can tell more than live action.

Action

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My life has had a lot of fun moments, but I tend to feel sadness more often.

Fun

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'Your Name''s success told me movies still have the power to connect with society. As a medium, it still has a power…

Movie

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“In the end, the train stood 2 hours motionless in the middle of nowhere. Every minute seemed like an eternity. Time felt…

First love

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“Yesterday, I had a dream... A dream I have had since long ago. In that dream, we had yet to turn 13.…

Dreams

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People who draw tend to think they're craftsmen, so they really want to hang onto their pens and papers, but it's not…

Computer

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I probably just want to leave a trace of myself behind in this world.

Behinds

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When I made 'Voices of a Distant Star,' I wanted to make money from making that movie, of course, but that wasn't…

Make

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“And right then it felt like I finally understood where everything was, eternity, the heart , the soul. It was like I…

5-centimeters-per-second

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When I was little the sky was closer.

Inspirational

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“Even if the world is cruel, even if all I have is loneliness, I’ll still live with everything I’ve got. Even if…

Live

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I see why now Tohno-kun is different from the others. Like the rocket shooting off into space, on the loneliest journey to…

Different

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“Yesterday, I had a dream... A dream I have had since long ago. In that dream, we had yet to turn 13.…

5-centimeters-per-second

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I am from the countryside, very rural countryside, and I moved to Tokyo when I was 18 and have been living first-ever…

City

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You don't want to be imitating his style. Every anime-maker is thinking, 'I can't be too like Miyazaki.'

Anime

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“The feelings were still fresh as if it all just happened yesterday.”

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“I love her face when she smiles. But it could be that her smile is a lie that she uses to hide…

Chobi

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