The production of "The Wind Rises" took three full years. When it was released in 2013, Hayao Miyazaki was 72 years old. This is also the last film he has officially released so far. In the documentary, he said that he plans to officially retire.
The movie looks really simple, light, and refreshing, completely different from the lush and grandeur of Spirited Away. It's a bit like the blue-green landscape paintings of our Song Dynasty, with elegant temperament, almost nothing at a glance, but it's amazing at a closer look.
There are only a few simple plots in the whole film: childhood ambition, youth studying, marrying a wife in adversity, and success in disaster. Mr. Miyazaki deliberately blurred the historical controversy of the protagonist Jiro Ogoshi, and did not include private goods to discuss the issues of anti-war and peace. He concentrated on telling the story of only one aircraft designer.
But there is a lot in it. The destruction of Tokyo during the great earthquake in Japan, the reconstruction of the economy and people's hearts after the disaster, the role of aircraft design in wartime, the harsh domestic political environment and the conflict and choice of Erlang's personal feelings and dreams.
Home country war, legendary life. But these, children can't understand, this is a movie really drawn for adults. Miyazaki-sensei, the man and the sword are one, and there is no trick to win.
In the documentary, Mr. Miyazaki seriously explained to his partner Toshio Suzuki and the staff of Jibuli what kind of movie should be made after the nuclear leak in Japan. He said that he remembered what Jiro Kokoshi said: Even if the wind blows, life never gives up.
On the first day of the movie's release, at the end of the viewing, he came to the stage and said a simple sentence: "This is the first time I have seen my own movie and cried. Thank you." Nothing more.
For the next seven years, he has yet to release a new film.
I remember in the documentary, the evening after watching the movie, he went home and made his own dinner, just like in the past few decades, sitting in the kitchen, holding a cup, and eating a simple ramen for one night.
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