- Summary: A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane used by Japan during World War II.
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Animation
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 7
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Mixed: 1 out of 7
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Negative: 0 out of 7
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100Even if Hayao Miyazaki's career is complete, a work like this serves to remind us of the shining beacons he's left behind him, the testaments to pursuing beauty in the face of so much ugliness, themselves lasting reminders of the quiet rewards of determination.
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100Miyazaki is at the peak of his visual craftsmanship here, alternating lush, boldly colored rural vistas with epic, crowded urban canvases, soaring aerial perspectives and test flights both majestic and ill-fated.
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91It might not be the director's most immediately accessible films, but it's among his most fascinating and beguiling.
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90A very honest film from a great Japanese artist.
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83The grim subtext of The Wind Rises goes largely unacknowledged, leading to a gaping hole in this otherwise beautifully realized narrative that celebrates the power of curiosity as a motivating force.
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80There are visual flights of fancy here as glorious as anything Miyazaki’s studio has created, but the story is rooted in a country trudging towards its own destruction.
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60A gorgeous yet ultimately frustrating tribute to the Japanese airplane designer Jiro Horikoshi.