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