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Ponyo
JAPAN · 2008

Ponyo

Hayao Miyazaki
transformation and identity human-nature connection childhood innocence parental control and freedom acceptance and belonging
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Synopsis

When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos around the house, her father, a powerful sorcerer, schemes to return Ponyo to the sea.

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