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Tesis.Pdf (13.00Mb) Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas Escuela Internacional de Doctorado 2018 TESIS DOCTORAL Lidia Esteban López Sofia López Hernández, Mario Rajas Fernández y Eduardo Rodríguez Merchán Antonio Sánchez-Escalonilla García-Rico En el transcurso de los últimos dos años han fallecido dos apasionados de la música y el cine sin los que esta tesis hubiera sido completamente distinta. A uno de ellos nunca llegué a conocerlo, al menos no más allá de lo que uno puede conocer a alguien a través de su obra. Se trata de Isao Takahata, protagonista de las próximas páginas. Con el otro sí tuve la fortuna de coincidir. Eduardo Rodríguez Merchán, director inicial de este trabajo de investigación, me dijo que hablara de música, quiso que analizara las películas que más me gustaban (“si estás dispuesta a aprender japonés...”). Pero además fue espectador de mis conciertos, y compartió su sonrisa cálida y sus consejos cercanos en tardes de merienda y cine. No puedo por menos que agradecer enteramente esta tesis a un amigo. I. INTRODUCCIÓN ............................................................................ 1 1. Elección del tema de investigación ............................................ 1 2. Introducción a Studio Ghibli ...................................................... 5 3. Proceso de producción y conceptos básicos ............................ 11 II. METODOLOGÍA ........................................................................... 17 1. Objetivos ................................................................................. 17 2. Hipótesis ................................................................................. 21 3. Base teórica y propuesta de un esquema de análisis ............... 23 3.1. La forma fílmica .............................................................. 24 3.2. El estilo cinematográfico ................................................. 32 3.3. Esquema de análisis resultante ....................................... 41 III. ANÁLISIS ...................................................................................... 43 1. Yoshifumi Kondō ..................................................................... 49 1.1. Susurros del Corazón ....................................................... 51 1.2. RESUMEN YOSHIFUMI KONDŌ ....................................... 81 2. Goro Miyazaki ......................................................................... 83 2.1. Cuentos de Terramar ...................................................... 85 2.2. La colina de las amapolas ............................................... 93 2.3. RESUMEN GORO MIYAZAKI ........................................... 115 3. Hayao Miyazaki ..................................................................... 119 3.1. Nausicaä del Valle del Viento ........................................ 121 3.2. El Castillo en el Cielo ..................................................... 131 3.3. Mi vecino Totoro ........................................................... 141 3.4. Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja ............................................ 157 3.5. Porco Rosso ................................................................... 175 3.6. La princesa Mononoke .................................................. 187 3.7. El viaje de Chihiro .......................................................... 195 3.8. El castillo ambulante ..................................................... 203 3.9. Ponyo en el acantilado .................................................. 217 3.10. El viento se levanta ....................................................... 225 3.11. RESUMEN HAYAO MIYAZAKI ......................................... 237 4. Tomomi Mochizuki ................................................................ 245 4.1. Puedo escuchar el mar .................................................. 247 4.2. RESUMEN TOMOMI MOCHIZUKI .................................. 257 5. Hiroyuki Morita ..................................................................... 259 5.1. Haru en el reino de los gatos ......................................... 261 5.2. RESUMEN HIROYUKI MORITA ....................................... 271 6. Isao Takahata......................................................................... 273 6.1. La tumba de las luciérnagas .......................................... 275 6.2. Recuerdos del ayer ........................................................ 287 6.3. Pompoko ....................................................................... 313 6.4. Mis vecinos los Yamada ................................................ 345 6.5. El cuento de la Princesa Kaguya .................................... 363 6.6. RESUMEN ISAO TAKAHATA ........................................... 397 7. Hiromasa Yonebayashi........................................................... 405 7.1. Arrietty y el mundo de los diminutos ............................. 407 7.2. El recuerdo de Marnie ................................................... 413 7.3. RESUMEN HIROMASA YONEBAYASHI ........................... 429 IV. CONCLUSIONES ......................................................................... 431 1. Rasgos de autor ..................................................................... 435 1.1. Goro Miyazaki ............................................................... 435 1.2. Hayao Miyazaki............................................................. 437 1.3. Isao Takahata ............................................................... 457 1.4. Hiromasa Yonebayashi .................................................. 471 2. Lugares comunes y diferencias .............................................. 475 2.1. Causa-efecto ................................................................. 475 2.1.1. Relaciones entre personajes ...................................... 477 2.2. Temáticas asociadas y motivos recurrentes .................. 478 2.2.1. Música, naturaleza, magia........................................ 479 2.2.2. Volar, bailar .............................................................. 481 2.3. Espacios y tiempos ........................................................ 486 2.4. La música en la imagen ................................................. 488 2.5. La música en la banda de sonido .................................. 500 2.6. Montaje ........................................................................ 502 3. Discusión ............................................................................... 505 V. REFERENCIAS ............................................................................ 509 1. Referencias generales ........................................................... 509 2. Filmografía ............................................................................ 519 3. Discografía............................................................................. 523 VI. ANEXO I – INSTRUMENTOS MUSICALES ................................... 525 1. Atari-gane ............................................................................. 527 2. Binzasara o Bin-sasara ........................................................... 528 3. Biwa....................................................................................... 529 4. Koto ....................................................................................... 530 5. Naruko ................................................................................... 531 6. Shakuhachi ............................................................................ 532 7. Shamisen ............................................................................... 534 8. Suzu ....................................................................................... 535 9. Tsuzumi ................................................................................. 536 VII. ANEXO II – LETRAS DE CANCIONES ........................................... 537 1. Cuentos de Terramar – Créditos finales ................................. 539 2. Mi vecino Totoro – Créditos finales ....................................... 541 3. Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja – Créditos iniciales ...................... 543 4. Porco Rosso – Actuación de Gina ........................................... 545 5. El viaje de Chihiro – Créditos finales ...................................... 547 6. El castillo ambulante – Créditos finales .................................. 551 7. Haru en el reino de los gatos – Créditos finales ..................... 553 1. La película El viaje de Chihiro (Miyazaki, 2001) ya estaba empezada cuando la vi por primera vez, en televisión, una noche de verano en la que emitían un ciclo especial de Hayao Miyazaki. Yo debía de tener unos trece años y había oído hablar de este director a raíz de que ganara un Óscar. Mi padre se mostró un poco reacio a ver una película de animación japonesa porque, dijo, este tipo de animación no le gustaba especialmente. Yo contesté: “esta no es animación japonesa normal, es diferente”. Era solo una sensación. Ahora podría justificar esa sensación con bibliografía, ejemplos de storyboards, citas de entrevistas, secuencias. Pero entonces solo era una sensación. Con el tiempo conseguí tener acceso al resto de la filmografía de Miyazaki y, película a película, fui admirándolo. Pensaba para mí que, más allá de la animación, este hombre era simplemente un gran director de cine, y sus bandas sonoras conseguían emocionarme (ahora sé que todas están compuestas por Joe Hisaishi, y también que “Joe Hisaishi” es un pseudónimo). 1 Cuando decidí hacer una tesis, quise que la música y la
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