Similar to Spirited Away, The Wind Rises is also a film by Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki. But it deals with a completely different subject: World War II.
The Wind Rises follows Jiro, an engineer who is caught in the heat of World War II when his planes are suddenly used to drop bombs on cities. In this way, the film presents an alternate perspective of the Japanese during World War II, one which is unheard of in Western movies: Jiro is only one among the many who had never wanted the war to happen.
With the storm raging and the wind blowing outside, The Wind Rises offers a charming escape into sunnier dreams and ambitions (peppered with the weight of impending doom).
