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The Wind Rises

The Wind Rises (2013)

風立ちぬ

We must live.

Release:2013
Runtime:2h 6m
Country:Japan
Director:Hayao Miyazaki
Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationDramaHistory
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Keywords

JapanAirplaneFlyingWorld War IiEarthquakeBiographyGreat DepressionPacific War
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The Wind Rises rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 112K votes
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic83%
TMDb7.791/10· 3K votes

With 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 83/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About 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 of The Wind Rises

  • Hideaki Anno

    Hideaki Anno

    as Jiro Horikoshi (voice)

  • Hidetoshi Nishijima

    Hidetoshi Nishijima

    as Honjô (voice)

  • Miori Takimoto

    Miori Takimoto

    as Naoko Satomi (voice)

  • Masahiko Nishimura

    Masahiko Nishimura

    as Kurokawa (voice)

  • Stephen Alpert

    Stephen Alpert

    as Castorp (voice)

  • Mansai Nomura

    Mansai Nomura

    as Giovanni Battista (voice)

  • Jun Kunimura

    Jun Kunimura

    as Hattori (voice)

  • Mirai Shida

    Mirai Shida

    as Kayo Horikoshi (voice)

  • Shinobu Otake

    Shinobu Otake

    as Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)

  • Morio Kazama

    Morio Kazama

    as Satomi (voice)

  • Keiko Takeshita

    Keiko Takeshita

    as Jirô's mother (voice)

  • Sascha

    Sascha

    as German Security Guard / Flight Engineer (voice)

The Wind Rises facts

Original title
風立ちぬ
Budget
$30M
Box office
$117.9M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • •Miyazaki's final film combines stunning animation with intimate biographical storytelling
  • •Adult anime explores dreams, passion, and human ambition with remarkable emotional depth
  • •Flying sequences alongside historical drama create visually poetic cinematic experience

What the audience disliked

  • •Introspective biographical focus lacks dramatic action for explosive plot-driven audiences
  • •Japanese animation style may feel inaccessible to viewers unfamiliar with anime conventions

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