NIGHTMARES OF OBSESSION AND REDEMPTION: THE WIND RISES (2013) AND OPPENHEIMER (2023)
This paper interrogates the cinematic construction and cultural implications of heroic masculinity through two landmark films released a decade apart: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises (『風立ちぬ』, 2013) and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer (2023). Both works center on male protagonists – Horikoshi Jirō, designer of Jap...