The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ Kaze Tachinu?) is a
2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy film written and directed by
Hayao Miyazaki, and adapted from his own manga of the same name which
was loosely based on the short story The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori, a
writer, poet and translator from mid-20th century (Showa period)
Japan.Kaze Tachinu is a fictionalised biography of
Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi A5M (featured in the movie)
and its famous successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Both aircraft were
used by the Empire of Japan during World War II….
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Director:
Hayao Miyazaki
Writers:
Hayao Miyazaki (comic), Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay)
Stars:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Jennifer Grey |
Storyline
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes,
inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni.
Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a
major Japanese engineering
company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and
accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life,
depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression,
the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. Jiro meets and
falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with
his colleague Honjo.
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