Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan kritik salaryman masculinity dalam film anime Kaze Tachinu karya Miyazaki Hayao. Data primer diperoleh dari film Kaze Tachinu menggunakan teknik dokumentasi. Adegan yang dianggap mengandung representasi salaryman masculinity dicatat dan dipilih sebagai sumber data primer. Sumber data sekunder diperoleh melalui metode studi pustaka menggunakan artikel jurnal, buku, dan karya ilmiah lainnya. Teori yang digunakan merupakan teori maskulinitas menurut R. W. Connell dan salaryman masculinity menurut Romit Dasgupta. Penelitian ini menemukan bahwa pada film anime Kaze Tachinu, salaryman masculinity direpresentasikan oleh mayoritas tokoh dalam film, seperti Honjo, Kurokawa, dan tokoh pendukung lainnya. Hal ini disampaikan melalui dialog, penampilan tokoh, dan aspek lainnya, yang menunjukkan keselarasan dengan ideologi salaryman masculinity. Horikoshi Jiro, sang tokoh utama, menunjukkan ambiguitas dalam maskulinitasnya. Walaupun secara sekilas Jiro tampak memenuhi tuntutan salaryman masculinity, terdapat konflik batin dalam dirinya yang membedakan dia dari sosok salaryman pada umumnya. Berlainan dengan salaryman, kesetiaan Jiro terhadap pekerjaannya berakar dari ambisinya secara murni. Selain itu, Jiro juga memiliki empati tinggi dan menghadapi dilema dalam memilih antara pekerjaannya atau kekasihnya, Nahoko.

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This study aims to explain the critique of salaryman masculinity found in the movie Kaze Tachinu directed by Miyazaki Hayao. Primary data is obtained from the movie Kaze Tachinu using the documentation technique. Scenes considered to contain representations of salaryman masculinity are noted and filtered through. Secondary data is obtained through a literature study that comprises of journal articles, books, and other scholarly materials. Theories used in this study include the concept of masculinity by R.W. Connell and salaryman masculinity as described by Romit Dasgupta. This study has found that in the movie Kaze Tachinu, salaryman masculinity is represented by a majority of characters, such as Honjo, Kurokawa, and supported by other various side characters. This is shown via dialog, the physical appearance of characters, and other numerous aspects that find resonance in the salaryman masculinity ideology. Horikoshi Jiro, the protagonist, displays ambiguity in his masculinity. Although superficially he appears to fulfill the ideals of salaryman masculinity, an emotional conflict occurs within him that differentiates him from salarymen at large. Unlike other salarymen, his faith to work finds root in his pure ambition. Aside from that, he is highly empathetic and faces a dilemma when he is forced to choose between his job and his lover, Nahoko.