Nostalgic "style" love poems

Jaquan 2021-12-19 08:01:06

After "Goldfish on the Cliff" in 2008, Hayao Miyazaki finally released a new work after five years. However, according to his own words, this is a work that took 5 years. It is not "five years after", which means that in the past five years, Mr. Miyazaki has been busy around this new work. NS. "The Wind Is Up" is a "realistic" cartoon that is completely different from the type of Hayao Miyazaki's previous works. There are almost no "fantasy elements" in the film, but only the "previous Japan". With a gust of wind, the work drifted from the "Great Kanto Earthquake" to the end of World War II. During this period, there were "Japanese dreams", "sorrows of war", and of course an unforgettable love. In that turbulent era, the "little people" could not change the "wind of society". All they could do was to work hard towards their dreams and only protect the person he loved.

"Wind"

is the most important element in the whole movie, and "wind" runs through the whole movie from beginning to end. "Wind" as freedom, a symbol of unrestrained freedom and the "aircraft" in the film very closely matched, and the "Jiro" who made airplanes also hope that the airplanes they design can fly freely. Soft curves, subtle light and shadow, clever composition and expressive "wind", "rain" and "snow". These are all typical elements of Hayao Miyazaki's animation works. The "strong wind" caused by the train before the Great Kanto Earthquake brought Jiro to Nahoko, and the fateful encounter also hinted at their legendary love affair afterwards. After that, Jiro began to struggle to pursue his dreams, but unfortunately everything went wrong and his career entered a low period. At this time, Jiro and Nahoko met again in Karuizawa. Either accidentally or destined, Jiro spent the happiest moment of his life during this period. "Who can see the wind? Neither you nor I can see, but after seeing the trembling leaves on the tree, I know that the wind has passed." Although their love affair is likely to fly everywhere irregularly like a "paper airplane", Jiro strengthened his belief, broke the influence of "gravity", and moved forward without hesitation. Despite the dark night and heavy rain, there is no gap in the love between him and Nahoko, and the wind can't get in or blow away. They may not be able to change the entire "wind of society", but they still work hard to "live" to find what they want.

"Dream"

Anno Hideaki said that Hayao Miyazaki will definitely shoot a work of this kind of subject, because for Mr. Miya, this is his life's dream. Although he himself has been living with an anti-war attitude, Miyazaki is indeed an out-and-out military control. He loves fighters and even contributed articles to newspapers during his high school career, and that enthusiasm was finally recognized by the newspapers. "The Wind Rises" has an incredible structure. At the end of the film, Hayao Miyazaki expressed his respect for Jiro Horikoshi and Tatsuo Horikoshi. In fact, the protagonist of the film "Jiro" is a combination of the father of Zero War "Jiro Horikoshi" and the writer "Hori Tatsuo". Since the Meiji era, Japan has been pursuing Western steps towards a rich country and a strong army, but unfortunately, the rich country also failed in the end, and the strong army also failed. Everything has become a "out of reach" dream. But the "failure" of the country does not mean individuals. Japanese citizens at that time already had a strong "forward" consciousness, and it was only because of the government's failure policy that these could not be brought into play. The post-war "high economic development" period completely left the stage to these dreamy and motivated Yamato people. The same is true for Jiro, the protagonist of "The Wind". In troubled times, he does not have much choice. He dedicated everything to aircraft design. His goal is only one: to design the most beautiful aircraft. The few fantasy elements in the film are the "Dream Encounter" between Erlang and Italian aircraft designer Caboloni. The commonality of dreams brings the two "Azhai" together. From the beginning of "the boy who saw an airplane in his dream", Jiro gradually evolved into "the boy who saw himself as an airplane designer in his dream". After that, as time passed, the "dream language" of the two people increased. Although the "dream" was difficult to achieve, the goal was unwavering. In the end, Jiro created the white plane that flew like a bird. According to professionals, this aircraft created by Hayao Miyazaki may be the most beautiful aircraft in the world. This may only exist in the "dream", but Jiro has actually fulfilled his dream. Of course, the "dream" element still exists in the love affair between Erlang and Nahoko. The scene of Erlang and Nahoko's "First Night of Marriage" may be recorded permanently in the annals of movie history. After the "dream" ceremony, Erlang and Nahoko are married. This near-ideal content is very similar to Kurosawa Akira's posthumous work "Curl the Sunset Love", but Miyazaki has achieved the kind of height that Kurosawa Akira failed to achieve at the time. There is no dividing line between "dream" and "reality" at this moment. This is absolutely the most perfect love.

"worry"

In the early days of the Showa era, beautiful Japan. This is the deepest impression left by the full color of the film. Miyazaki's strong "homesickness" towards Japan is fully evident in the film. Some Japanese film critics even said: Seeing these beautiful pictures, and even the urge to cry, this kind of feeling of reluctance may only be deeply understood by the generation born in the early Showa period. The love between Jiro and Nahoko is actually "showa love". This kind of "love" is almost hard to find in today's society. These passing things have become so reluctant in the eyes of the old man Miyazaki. Of course, Hayao Miyazaki's "sorrow" is not only for the "Japan", but the "sorrow" for the war is what the old man wants to express. Miyazaki's "anti-war thinking" is well known, and the film directly moved the stage to the war years. However, movies rarely describe war scenes positively, and most of them are in codewords. With a flowing impressionist background, a "blood sunset" between the blue sky and the fresh green, this fear is undoubtedly brought about by war. The war destroyed the stage of the "dreamer", the war broke up the lovers after another, and the "almost perfect" "dream plane" was eventually scattered all over the place because of the war. War is still the scariest thing in the world. However, the phrase "we just build airplanes" often said by the aircraft designers in the film may be questioned by the world. This may be one of the few doubts in the film. Of course, the biggest doubt in the film is naturally "Anno Hideaki". In fact, in addition to the sense of violation in the initial stage, the seiyuu of the father of EVA should be said to be very successful, and is very compatible with the overall quiet atmosphere of the film, which can be said to be a "stunning performance".

"The Wind Is Up", this work of Hayao Miyazaki's five-year effort, its own contradiction between anti-war and military control outlines the half-life of Horikoshi Jiro's legend. Many media have referred to this film as Hayao Miyazaki’s "posthumous work", but in fact, regardless of the first works, Miyazaki’s new work is about to be "finished". Let’s cherish these 126 minutes together, and follow the old man’s work. The camera appreciates the nostalgic "style" poems of Japan.

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  • Antonetta 2022-03-21 09:02:05

    Purely because I look down on populist idiots, mark

  • Keanu 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    It was Hayao Miyazaki, and it was no longer Hayao Miyazaki. There is nothing whimsical or moving from the beginning to the end of this story, but it is told gently in the style of Hayao Miyazaki. And no matter what the political concept, I tried to understand what he was trying to say, but when the sun sign appeared on the plane, and thinking about what the plane was used for, I still felt that something was wrong. "There's nowhere to go back because that's a cursed dream."

The Wind Rises quotes

  • Caproni: Tell me Japanese Boy. Is the wind still rising?

  • Giovanni Battista Caproni: Every engineer has his 10 years in the sun.