Miyazaki allowed a single documentary filmmaker to shadow him at work, as he dreamed up characters and plot lines for what would become his 2008 blockbuster, "Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea." ...

The son of a sailor, 5-year-old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa ... the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish.