Let's not talk about the theme first. From the perspective of the story structure and narrative style, it may be because this is the first work of Hayao Miyazaki based on the life of a real person. The plot of the protagonist Jiro Horikoshi and his lover Nahoko Satomi from falling in love to being united is explained in one shot and one direct confession, completely missing Miyazaki's usual delicate handling, abrupt and even a bit bloody. In addition, Jiro Horikita's dreams and reality are interspersed too frequently. It is undeniable that the beautiful world in the dream is the source of power for Jiro Horikita, and it is also the purpose of the film. However, the excessive description of dreams not only delays the development of the plot, but also has a negative impact on the development of the plot. Strong didactic color, lack of a little sense of unity.
In the past, watching Hayao Miyazaki's films always gives people a very clear feeling, or sadness, such as "Grave of the Fireflies"; or moving, such as "City in the Sky"; or refreshing, such as "My Neighbor Totoro" "; or aftertaste, such as "Spirited Away"... If you have to give "The Wind Rises" a feeling, it is a contradiction. I don't know the real life of Jiro Horikoshi, but Hayao Miyazaki himself is an anti-war person with left-wing ideology, so Jiro Horikoshi in the movie will be more or less implanted with anti-war sentiments, but he is also a manipulator. Designers who aim for the most beautiful aircraft, and have been working hard for it. But it happened that the creation made people, he realized his dream, and finally made an elite fighter, but it is a high-performance weapon of war. The contradiction between the dream and reality that happened to Jiro Horikoshi runs through. With the success of "Zero", the film came to an abrupt end. It can be said that Hayao Miyazaki's ambiguous narrative style pushed the contradiction of the story to the climax. After the movie, I was a little confused about what Hayao Miyazaki wanted to express through "The Wind Rises", and I couldn't come up with a clear emotion, maybe as he himself said, "The making of this film is not to promote anti-war. , not to use the "zero-style" elite to inspire young Japanese, just to tell the story of a young man who is loyal to his dream."
Finally, let me talk about my favorite plot. The hostess Kilami Kami Nahoko knew that she didn't have much time, and left a few letters to take the train back to the mountain sanatorium alone. With the narration of "Leave the best moments to the people around you", I think this combination fully demonstrates The Japanese have a very beautiful view of death, and the last shot did not directly describe the death of Nahoko, but switched to the falling cherry blossoms. The handling of the last shot of the story highlights the style of Master Hayao Miyazaki.
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