The Wind Rises
1 Oscar Nominations
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A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
What critics thought
Miyazaki's quasi-biographical farewell to his career is met with broad admiration, with critics praising its visual splendor and the emotional complexity of its portrait of a dreamer whose genius was commandeered by war and militarism. The central tension critics engaged with is whether the film's deliberate departures from historical fact and its apolitical treatment of Horikoshi's complicity deepen or evade the moral weight of the story — most found the ambiguity earned, while some felt it let the film drift into uncritical romanticism.
“While initially jarring, Miyazaki's unapologetic deviations from fact help The Wind Rises to transcend the linearity of its expected structure, the film eventually revealing itself to be less of a biopic than it is a devastatingly honest lament for the corruption of beauty, and how invariably pathetic the human response to that loss must be.”
David Ehrlich·Film.com
“What Miyazaki offers is a layered look at how Horikoshi's passion for flight was captured by capital and militarism”
Matthew Penney·The Asia-Pacific Journal
“visually exquisite and emotionally charged”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“Joe Hisaishi contributes another in his series of legendary scores for the director.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
Genres
Animation, Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorHayao Miyazaki
StarringHideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Stephen Alpert
ComposerJoe Hisaishi
The Wind Rises
1 Oscar Nominations
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
What critics thought
Miyazaki's quasi-biographical farewell to his career is met with broad admiration, with critics praising its visual splendor and the emotional complexity of its portrait of a dreamer whose genius was commandeered by war and militarism. The central tension critics engaged with is whether the film's deliberate departures from historical fact and its apolitical treatment of Horikoshi's complicity deepen or evade the moral weight of the story — most found the ambiguity earned, while some felt it let the film drift into uncritical romanticism.
“While initially jarring, Miyazaki's unapologetic deviations from fact help The Wind Rises to transcend the linearity of its expected structure, the film eventually revealing itself to be less of a biopic than it is a devastatingly honest lament for the corruption of beauty, and how invariably pathetic the human response to that loss must be.”
David Ehrlich·Film.com
“What Miyazaki offers is a layered look at how Horikoshi's passion for flight was captured by capital and militarism”
Matthew Penney·The Asia-Pacific Journal
“visually exquisite and emotionally charged”
Peter Bradshaw·The Guardian
“Joe Hisaishi contributes another in his series of legendary scores for the director.”
Alonso Duralde·TheWrap
Genres
Animation, Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
DirectorHayao Miyazaki
StarringHideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Miori Takimoto, Masahiko Nishimura, Stephen Alpert
ComposerJoe Hisaishi
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