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The Wind Rises

Movie · 2013 · 126 min

A bittersweet, beautifully drawn meditation on dreams and love, unfolding with gentle melancholy and a sense of inevitable loss.

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2013 film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
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Year
2013
Runtime
126 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • grief
  • death
  • war
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, coming-of-age
Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography
Hayao Miyazaki
Runtime
126 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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