For anyone who is familiar with
the earlier works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli from Japan should not be
needing an introduction to this movie. The Wind Rises is a long awaited anime
from Miyazaki and just as expected it is a wonderful piece of cinema where
Japanese animators have yet again proven that they cannot be compared to any
other animators but themselves. The Wind Rises is special in its own ways and
this time more than being entirely fictional the plot follows the biography of Jiro
Horikoshi (1903–1982), designer of the Mitsubishi A5M and its successor, the
Mitsubishi A6M Zero air crafts. Both the air crafts were known to have played a
key role in the WW2 and a pride of Japanese warfare.
The story unfolds at the time of
Jiro is a small boy having big dreams of flying. But due to his issues with eye
sight he decides to design air crafts instead. And this big dreamer works
nonstop towards achieving his goals. The story also follows his love life with
a girl he devotedly fall in love with and their short yet beautiful love story.
The combination of these two one mechanic and one emotional story lines
strangely yet wonderfully has woven a memorable movie together. It’s indeed
fantastic to witness how Miyazaki has put these two stories in to one and give
them equal capacity without harming the essence of the whole movie.
Just as all Miyazaki movies The
Wind Rises has lot of laughs, fantasies, love and then brief moments of sadness
and tears. All of this is depicted through breathtaking cinematography created
via paintings that at times makes your jaw drop. There is no doubt that Japanese
anime artist are the best environmental painters in the world and each scene shows
it over and over. I had to pause the movie so many times just to get my eyes
full of those amazing details on the frames. This here my friends is pure art
and you cannot escape its beauty.
Beautiful story line that has a
perfect start, middle and ending combined with correct flow The Wind Rises is
another unforgettable anime. It is a must watch for anime lovers.
"Kaze tachinu" (original title)
Genre: Animation | Biography | Drama
Director : Hayao Miyazaki
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