![]() ![]() And in the following scene a boy kills his royal father for no reason. Soon afterwards, a pair of dragons fight to the death in territory not their own (they have flown farther East than ever before in living memory – a detail picked up from the third and fifth books of Le Guin’s Earthsea sequence). We are in a world where age-old certainties have crumbled and been replaced with an inner turmoil that keeps breaking out in bloodshed. But the weatherworker’s powers desert him and he cannot calm the waves. The captain of a ship labouring in heavy seas appeals for help to his weatherworker, one of those trained wizards of Le Guin’s Earthsea whose power consists in learning the ‘true names’ of things and thus gaining a degree of control over them. The film anticipates these divisions from its opening sequence. Disagreement dogged the project from inception to release and much of this disagreement seems to have sprung from the decision of Toshio Suzuki, president and chief producer of Studio Ghibli, to name Goro as its director, despite his total lack of experience or training in the art of film-making. And Japanese filmgoers – who made it the fourth highest-grossing movie of 2006 – found themselves fiercely divided as to its merits. ![]() Le Guin, on whose Earthsea books the film is based, expressed her disappointment with it on her website. Goro Miyazaki’s famous father Hayao made it clear that he did not want his son to direct it. LimitedĬhengtian Entertainment Stellar Mega Film Beijing Jinyinma Movie & TV Culture Co.Tales from Earthsea was forged in a spirit of contention. Walt Disney Television Animation (Australia) Pty. Walt Disney Studios (2022) (Japan) (theatrical) (3D version)
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