Japanese Animation: "The Wind Rises" Trailer Released

[unokitty]

The Wind Rises Trailer (YouTube)


‘The Wind Rises’ trailer: Miyazaki’s farewell film coming to U.S.

... tells the story of real-life Japanese engineer Jiro Horikoshi, who designed the Zero fighter plane. The film, based on a short story by Japanese poet Hori Tatsuo, follows Jiro through pre-World War II Japan, the country’s devastating 1923 earthquake, a tuberculosis epidemic and economic troubles that preceded the war. It’s a departure from Miyazaki’s previous work, which often relied on myth, magical realism and a strong focus on nature.

... Originally in Japanese with English subtitles, “The Wind Rises” will be released for North American audiences under Disney’s Touchstone Pictures banner beginning Feb. 21 with a limited release and then expanding on Feb. 28.

'The Wind Rises' Trailer Bids Farewell to Animation Master Hayao Miyazaki

An imaginative, biographic collision of poet Tatsuo Hori and World War II aviator Jiro Horikoshi, The Wind Rises debuted at the 2013 Venice Film Festival before flying stateside with appearances at the Telluride Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

In its review, The Hollywood Reporter called it, “a film about the beauty of flight and the prelude to war, whose astonishing visuals shout that life is wonderful.”

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises’: An Anime Icon Bows Out

The Wind Rises is sad for several reasons. One is the story itself, which is partly a biography of Horikoshi, the pioneering Japanese engineer who designed the famous Mitsubishi A6M Zero World War II fighter plane, and partly an adaptation of Kaze Tachinu, a 1936-1937 novel about a young woman dying of tuberculosis. In Miyazaki’s movie, all Horikoshi wants “to do [is] to make something beautiful.” But when he falls in love with the doomed girl, he is faced with a tragic dilemma: pursuing his dream means endangering his wife and enabling the war. Horikoshi presses on regardless. His wife dies. The bombs fall.

I don't know if I've ever seen a film about pre-war Japan.

This might be my first.

Uno

 

[Printer Bandit]

In English or Japanese w/ subtitles? Hopefully the latter.

 

[Anubis]

yea i really hope its Jap with subs in theaters here, either way when it hits BR ill own it

 

[unokitty]

In English or Japanese w/ subtitles? Hopefully the latter.

If I understand correctly, there will be two versions. One version will have English subtitles. And the other version will be dubbed into English.

The Wind Rises, currently playing in Japanese theaters under the name Kaze Tachinu, will get a week-long run beginning November 8th in New York and Los Angeles that's designed to poise the movie for Oscar success. This will be in Japanese with English subtitles; a dubbed version will also see limited release on February 21st before expanding to more theaters on the 28th.

Uno

 

[Sonikku]

yea i really hope its Jap with subs in theaters here, either way when it hits BR ill own it

Racism! D:

 

[Schfifty Five]

Looks awesome. Definitely will own it on BD.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Miyazaki's love of flight showed through in Porco Rosso and Nausicaa so I expect this will be good too.

 

[Anubis]

Racism! D:

actually its laziness in not wanting to type out the whole word

 

[uhohs]

Every film is Miyazaki's last.