Review of The Wind Rises

'The Wind Rises' is an extremely beautiful film which is based on an highly fictionalized version of the early life of Jiro Hirokoshi, an aeronautical engineer. Through the character of Jiro, Mr. Hayao Miyazaki inspires us to dream and pursue those dreams with seriousness and devotion. Miyazaki has elegantly blended dreams and reality in this movie which is worth praising. The film perfectly captures the economic condition and political situation of Japan during that time period. The soothing background score coupled with the charming plot give a wholesome experience. The romantic aspect is also good and things are not overdone. One shortcoming in this movieis that although the main character receives decent characterization, the other characters do not.