The Wind Rises (2013)
Directed by Hayao
Miyazaki this Studio Ghibli animation uses the voices talents of
Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto and Hidetoshi Nishijima. A young boy in
Japan grows up dreaming of building planes and finally gets to do so
but finds his designs used for war.
As a true biography
this film is not very accurate but it is a great, dream like
exploration of the sadness over the corruption of beauty. While there
is a lot to enjoy in the film I am not sure it ever really gets to
grips with the dark events of the times it portrays, rather just uses
them as a back drop. The animation is good and certainly
characteristic of that Japanese style but is maybe not ground
breaking or breath taking in the way we might hope.
4/5
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