Japan Film News: Studio Ghibli's "The Wind Rises" reaches 10 Billion Yen ($100 million US) at the box office

As of September 11th, Hayao Miyazaki's Swan song "The Wind Rises" reached over 10 Billion Yen ($100 million US) in at the Japanese Box Office, having more than 8.1 million people go see the film in the span of 54 days. The last film to reach the 100 million mark was Miyazaki's previous film "Ponyo".

Japan Film News: Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki Retires from Filmmaking

Hayao Miyazaki, the director of classic anime films such as "My Neighbor Totoro", "Kiki's Delivery Service" and Academy Award winning "Spirited Away", held a press conference yesterday officially announcing his retirement from filmmaking.