The movie 'The Wind Rises' is Hayao Miyazaki's unpretentious, straightforward, and direct dream story and love story.

The release date was July 20, 2013.

From today, July 20, 2023,

it was released exactly 10 years ago.

July 20 is also my birthday.

Selfishly, while feeling a connection,

I watched it again before the new much-talked-about work.

As expected, this message once again

pierced my heart.

We must live.

We must live.

It is a strong phrase. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the weight of these words has increased significantly.

Director Hayao Miyazaki's unpretentious, straightforward, and direct dream story and love story entered my heart just as it was when I watched it at the time of its theatrical release.

For Jiro, the embodiment of his dreams is the airplane designer, Count Caproni.

For Jiro, the embodiment of love is Nahoko, whom he met in his childhood and later became his wife.

The beauty of the original landscape of the early Showa era.

The undulating terror of the Great Kanto Earthquake.

It feels like savoring the animation depictions,

which were carefully crafted over many years, one frame at a time.

And when Yumi Matsutoya's 'Hikoki-gumo' (Vapor Trail) plays,

a landscape of fresh green leaves swaying in the wind spreads out.

Director Anno's monotone lines felt like narration

and eventually blended in naturally😅

Looking only at the ideals seen in dreams, he devotes himself to his work.

Devoting himself. Devoting himself. Facing setbacks. Devoting himself again.

And the frustration that the completed ideal is used for war.

However, in the figure of someone risking their life to devote themselves to their work,

there is no falsehood, and it is both sad and beautiful.

They nurture love while on the path of their dreams, but Naoko has tuberculosis.

This cliché development, without any twists, strangely flows through my body

smoothly like a refreshing drink.

Jiro's wish. Naoko's wish.

I support both of their wishes from the bottom of my heart.

When Jiro is too busy with work to visit,

Naoko sneaks out of the hospital to visit him.

He decides to marry Naoko and spend his days with her.

A modest life.

Even if the development is cheesy, it feels nostalgic.

The realization of the dream's ideal and Naoko's end overlap as a countdown that is two sides of the same coin.

I simply watch that sad, predictable development unfold.

Director Hayao Miyazaki made this not for children, but for himself

A romanticism that seems to have been laid bare and devoted completely.

I received it in a very refreshing way.

Nice catch!

I felt like I heard Naoko's voice saying that 😌

I am also looking forward to his new work, 'How Do You Live?'

I think I will go see it with my wife.