Oga Kazuo Exhibition: Ghibli No Eshokunin - The One Who Painted
Totoros Forest (Blu-ray + DVD) (English Subtitled) (Japan. ..

Product Description

From July 21 through September 10th, 2007, the Museum for Contemporary Art Tokyo held an exhibition honoring Oga Kazuo, the art director & background artist for many famed works from Japans Studio Ghibli. Over 600 works from the artist were on display, & numerous fans flocked to the one-of-a-kind exhibition celebrating the lush, gorgeous background artwork typifying many a work from Miyazaki Hayao & other Ghibli filmmakers. International fans of Oga & Studio Ghibli have not been left out, however. The Oga Kazuo Exhibition: Ghibli No Eshokunin
- The One Who Painted Totoros Forest (Blu-ray + DVD) allows fans the opportunity to attend the exhibition, as well as watch interviews & testimonials with Ogas contemporaries & collaborators, all subtitled in English.

The set

Includes:: a Blu-ray disc & DVD, both sharing much of the same content, with the Blu-ray disc having the added benefit of true High-Definition presentation. Shared features between the two discs include: a slideshow of all 600 works on display at the exhibition; the 72-minute feature "e; Ghiblis Oga Kazuo, who painted Totoros woods"e;; & a 40-minute featurette containing interviews with director Takahata Isao, art scholar Tsuji Nobuo, Ghibli art department head Tanaka Naoya, & art director Kobayashi Shichiro.

The DVD also contains a 20-minute feature detailing Oga Kazuos creative process, as he paints the cover for a 2005 art book collecting his paintings. The same feature shows up on the Blu-ray disc, except extended to 35 minutes. The Blu-ray disc also

Includes:: an exclusive feature with Oga creating the cover painting for the Blu-ray disc release, shot & presented in HD to take full advantage of the next generation video format. For fans of both painted art & Ghibli Studios, the Oga Kazuo Exhibition represents an uncommon & fascinating glimpse into the mind of a master.