The Wind Rises

7.8 2013 Hayao Miyazaki 2h 6m
Drama Animation Romance History
The Wind Rises

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.

Cast

Hideaki Anno Hideaki Anno Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima Hidetoshi Nishijima Honjô (voice)
Miori Takimoto Miori Takimoto Naoko Satomi (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura Masahiko Nishimura Kurokawa (voice)
Stephen Alpert Stephen Alpert Castorp (voice)
Mansai Nomura Mansai Nomura Giovanni Battista (voice)
Jun Kunimura Jun Kunimura Hattori (voice)
Mirai Shida Mirai Shida Kayo Horikoshi (voice)

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Vibes

Emotional Chill Visually Stunning Deeply Moving Hidden Gem

Double Feature Pairings

Films that pair perfectly with The Wind Rises

Porco Rosso
Porco Rosso 1992
Miyazaki's films about flight and craft. Two stories about men who build beautiful machines and live with the consequences. WALL-E
WALL-E 2008
Love in broken worlds. Silent robots and paper airplanes, equally poetic. Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer 2023
Genius weaponized. Two films about men who loved the elegance of their inventions and had to live with the bodies. Whisper of the Heart
Whisper of the Heart 1995
Ghibli love and creation. Two animated films about young people who fall in love and become artists because of it.

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