Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) Blu-ray Region A

Miyazaki Hayao's 2008 animated masterpiece Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea finally comes to Blu-ray! As with any Miyazaki film, this magical tale of a young goldfish who yearns to become a human girl is not only a movie, but an event in Asia. Released theatrically in Japan in July 2008, the auteur's ninth Studio Ghibli film took the local box office by storm, grossing over 15 billion yen to become the highest-grossing film of the year by a large margin. It is also the first Japanese film to pass the 10 billion yen mark since Miyazaki's previous Howl's Moving Castle. Pointedly sticking to traditional animation in the age of CG, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is completely hand-drawn to fine detail, from magnificent rippling waves to magical underwater creatures to Ponyo's every gesture. Dotted with the strong environmental themes and fantastical leaps of imagination signature to Miyazaki's works, the film turns an endearing pint-sized love story into a visually and emotionally enchanting experience of grand proportions. A heartwarming family feature for all ages, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea inspires the kind of wide-eyed wonder only possible in a Ghibli film.

Five-year-old boy Sosuke lives on a cliff by the sea with his headstrong mother, Lisa. One day he rescues a curious-looking fish from the sea, and names her Ponyo. Sosuke vows to love and protect Ponyo forever, but little does he know, his new pet is no ordinary fish. Ponyo is actually the runaway daughter of an eccentric sea wizard who soon comes to retrieve her. Enchanted by her first taste of the world above water, Ponyo determinedly steals her father's potions to become a human girl, and happily returns to Sosuke on the tails of a terrific storm. Her little escapade, however, releases a great destabilizing magical force into the world. When Sosuke and Ponyo wake up the next morning, they find their town is completely submerged underwater.

	English 繁體中文 简体中文 日本語 한국어
Product Title:	Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 崖上的波兒 (Blu-ray) (香港版) 崖上的波儿 (Blu-ray) (香港版) 崖の上のポニョ Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Blu-ray) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Also known as:	崖上的波妞 崖上的波妞
Director:	Miyazaki Hayao 宮崎駿 宫崎骏 宮崎駿 Miyazaki Hayao
Blu-ray Region Code:	A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Release Date:	2010-01-26
Language:	Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
Place of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	[HD] High Definition What is it?
Aspect Ratio:	1.85 : 1
Sound Information:	6.1, DTS-HD Master Audio
Disc Format(s):	Blu-ray
Screen Resolution:	1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive scan)
Duration:	101 (mins)
Publisher:	Intercontinental Video (HK)
Package Weight:	120 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1021976723

Director : Hayao Miyazaki

Five year-old Sosuke lives high on a cliff overlooking the Inland Sea. One morning while playing on the rocky beach below his house, he discovers a goldfish named Ponyo, her head stuck fast in a jam jar. Sosuke rescues her and keeps her in a green plastic pail.
Ponyo is fascinated by Sosuke. Sosuke feels the same about Ponyo. He tells her, “Don’t worry, I’ll protect you and take care of you.” But Ponyo’s father Fujimoto―once human, now a sorcerer who lives deep under the sea―forces her to return with him to the ocean depths.
“I want to be human!” Ponyo declares, and determined to become a little girl and make her way back to Sosuke, Ponyo escapes. But before she does, she empties the Water of Life, Fujimoto’s precious store of magical elixir, into the ocean.
The sea waters rise. Ponyo’s sisters are transformed into enormous fish-shaped tidal waves that climb as high as Sosuke’s house on the cliff. The chaos of the ocean world envelops Sosuke’s little town and it sinks beneath the waves.
A little girl and a little boy. Love and responsibility. The sea and life itself. In an age of nervous anxiety and uncertainty, PONYO ON THE CLIFF BY THE SEA is Hayao Miyazaki’s unreserved depiction of the story of a mother and her child.

This film has won 2 award(s) and received 2 award nomination(s).

• Venice International Film Festival 2008
  • Golden Lion Nomination
• Hong Kong Films Awards 2010
  • Best Asian Film Nomination
• Japan Academy Prize 2009
  • Animation of the Year Winner
  • Outstanding Achievement in Music Winner, Hisaishi Joe

All Award-Winning Asian Films

The following keywords are associated with this product. Please click on a keyword to search for similar items.

• blockbuster
• studio ghibli
• animated film
• children's film
• family film