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In “The Wind Rises,” 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. Writer and director Hayao Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.
Original Release
07/20/2013
US Release
02/21/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Hideaki Anno | Jirô Horikoshi / Jiro Horikoshi (voice) |
Hidetoshi Nishijima | Honjô / Honjô (voice) |
Miori Takimoto | Naoko Satomi / Naoko Satomi (voice) |
Masahiko Nishimura | Kurokawa (voice) / Kurokawa |
Mansai Nomura | Giovanni Battista Caproni / Giovanni Battista (voice) |
Jun Kunimura | Hattori / Hattori (voice) |
Mirai Shida | Kayo Horikoshi / Kayo Horikoshi (voice) |
Stephen Alpert | Castorp (voice) / Castorp |
Shinobu Otake | Kurokawa's Wife / Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) |
Morio Kazama | Satomi (voice) / Satomi |
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Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hideaki Anno | Jirô Horikoshi / Jiro Horikoshi (voice) |
Hidetoshi Nishijima | Honjô / Honjô (voice) |
Miori Takimoto | Naoko Satomi / Naoko Satomi (voice) |
Masahiko Nishimura | Kurokawa (voice) / Kurokawa |
Mansai Nomura | Giovanni Battista Caproni / Giovanni Battista (voice) |
Jun Kunimura | Hattori / Hattori (voice) |
Mirai Shida | Kayo Horikoshi / Kayo Horikoshi (voice) |
Stephen Alpert | Castorp (voice) / Castorp |
Shinobu Otake | Kurokawa's Wife / Mrs. Kurokawa (voice) |
Morio Kazama | Satomi (voice) / Satomi |
Keiko Takeshita | Jirô's Mother / Jirô's mother (voice) |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Jirô Horikoshi |
John Krasinski | Honjô |
Emily Blunt | Nahoko Satomi |
Martin Short | Kurokawa |
Stanley Tucci | Caproni |
Mandy Patinkin | Hattori |
Mae Whitman | Kayo Horikoshi / Kinu |
Werner Herzog | Castorp |
Jennifer Grey | Mrs. Kurokawa |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Kôji Hoshino | Executive Producer |
Frank Marshall | Executive Producer |
Naoya Fujimaki | Producer |
Ryoichi Fukuyama | Producer |
Nobuo Kawakami | Producer |
Robyn Klein | Producer |
Seiji Okuda | Producer |
Toshio Suzuki | Producer |
Geoffrey Wexler | Producer |
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2014 | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
2014 | Oscar | Best Animated Feature Film of the Year | Nominated |