If you loved Grave of the Fireflies, 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.

You already loved

Theyboth carry the bittersweet, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Grave of the Fireflies, 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.

If you loved Grave of the Fireflies, try The Wind Rises

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The Wind Rises

What they share

What The Wind Rises is

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If you loved Grave of the Fireflies, try The Wind Rises

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What they share

What The Wind Rises is

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