After her hit documentary Ending Note, director Sunada Mami gets full access into Japans top animation studio for The Kingdom of Dreams & Madness, her second feature-length documentary. Following Studio Ghibli founders Miyazaki Hayao, Takahata Isao & Suzuki Toshio during the productions of both The Wind Rises & The Tale of Princess Kaguya as well as Miyazakis decision to retire from filmmaking, Kingdom shows the years of arduous hard work that goes behind producing the studios hit animated films.