If you loved Barefoot Gen, try The Wind Rises
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / History territory. If that's the register that drew you to Barefoot Gen, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What The Wind Rises is
Kyushu hills, pre-war summer, a paper airplane glides. A young engineer's dreams take shape, airplanes dance in his mind, real planes will soon take to the skies. Miyazaki's swan song is a gentle, historical romance.
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