"Zen and Ghibli" Toshio Suzuki Price: ¥1760 (tax included) Purchased around December 2025 and read only once. No noticeable stains, in excellent condition. 〈"You have to live in the 'now'!" - A Studio Ghibli producer and Zen monks discuss how to live in the modern age〉 〈Interpreting Ghibli through Zen, interpreting Zen through Ghibli: A heated discussion〉 "Not the past, not the future, you have to think more about the present" - Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki engages in a free-wheeling discussion with Zen monks. His counterparts are Soken Genyu (author and chief priest of Fukuju-ji Temple), Nanrei Yokota (Chief Abbot of the Rinzai sect, Engaku-ji Temple), and Shinsuke Hosokawa (chief priest of Ryun-ji Temple). From Ghibli masterpieces such as "Princess Mononoke" and "Grave of the Fireflies," they interpret themes of life and death, and life philosophy from a Zen perspective, discussing Zen in light of their experiences in film production with directors Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. Includes the dialogue from the monthly magazine "Nagomi" and additional essays by Suzuki. 【Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki engages in a free-wheeling discussion with Zen monks. They interpret Ghibli masterpieces from a Zen perspective, and discuss Zen from their experiences in film production.】