If you loved The Princess and the Pilot, 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, tender mood tags, and they sit in Animation / Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Princess and the Pilot, 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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