The Wind Rises__Dream, Love and Idolum

The Wind Rise is a Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and animated by Studio Ghibli. The story is from the biography of Jiro Horikoshi, who is a designer of the most important two aircraft in the World War 2.Since every audience has their own understanding of the movie,it got many critical reviews. 

However, in my opinion, the theme of the movie is Love--the love between Jiro Horikoshi and Nahoko, the love of dream and innovation and people's love to the country. All of these love is presented in a very pure and fervent way by the leading character under an well-organised way.Jiro Horioshi is a very simple man who is concentrate on aircraft. But his love to his invention is a paradox with anthropomorphism for a reason that his most important invention——A6M—Zero is used in the Second World War and cause a disaster to other countries and people. Because of this, he was blamed for the result of his purely love to his invention. If we think it in a deeper way, how do we make decisions in a ethic delima when there is conflict between individual dreams and social context?

Furthermore, as his previous movie, Havao Mivazaki created a dream for the audiences from idolum to realistic in The Wind Rise as well. The movie is only for 126 minutes. But while watching the movie, audience always can't stop to be into the story so that forget the psychical time. This is the meaning of dream. At the same time, it is a reminder for everybody about their own love and achievement. Everyone in the world has different and personal experience. But, it is human being to love and have positive value.

A very famous piece of poem " Le vent se leve, il faut tenter de vivre" is quoted many times in the movie. And it is understanding by the director as "The wind rises, make great effort to live".The 80% to 90% to life can't be satisfied with people wishes. But we still need to make an effort to live. In the movie, people still have positive attitude to life although they suffered from war, earthquake and economic recession, That's the main point the director wants to express through the movie.

                                                      Yuhan, Jia
Picture Reference

http://art.china.cn/movie/2013-06/25/content_6060695.htm
http://www.dfdaily.com/html/150/2013/3/30/970263.shtml