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"Studio Ghibli head Hayao Miyazaki has drawn the wrath of Japanese nationalists over his latest film The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu). Supporters of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have accused the Spirited Away filmmaker of being unpatriotic in his new movie, a fictionalised biography of Jiro Horikoshi, the inventor of Japan&amp;#039;s World War II fighter, the Mitsubishi Zero, reports Foreign Policy.  Miyazaki is apparently prepared to anger the followers of the re-elected premier, who has been trying to reframe Japan&amp;#039;s role in World War II and reverse the country&amp;#039;s policy on military aggression. &amp;quot;[A]t a time when social systems and ways of living are going through huge changes, it&amp;#039;s impossible for anime alone to remain the same as before and produce fantasies. It is time for us to move into a new direction,&amp;quot; Miyazaki told Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.  Abe&amp;#039;s plans to change Japan&amp;#039;s constitution will also see the emperor enshrined as the head of state, with citizens compelled to offer respect for symbols of Japan&amp;#039;s pre-war heyday. Miyazaki wrote in a piece for Neppu magazine that he &amp;quot;had a strong feeling in [his] childhood that [Japan] had &amp;#039;fought a truly stupid war&amp;#039;&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;It goes without saying that I am opposed to revising the constitution,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;That is something that should never be done.&amp;quot; A UK and US release for The Wind Rises is yet to be announced. Watch a trailer for the film below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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