The Wind Rises Movie (2013): Where to watch and stream online

The Wind Rises

2013, Movie, 2h 6min

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.

Country: Japan

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Reviews

Critic Mike D'Angelo

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...features more than enough gorgeous imagery to make his loss feel acute.

Read full review at The A.V. Club

Critic Sheila O'Malley

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Jiro is treated with nostalgia and respect, and is a character you come to love, with his pink suit and unruly hair. His love story is touching and terrible, sweet and funny...

Read full review at Roger Ebert

Critic Tom Shone

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...probably the sweetest animated feature about an armaments designer you'll ever see.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Dan Jolin

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...remains a welcome and stunningly wrought farewell from a truly imaginative master.

Read full review at Empire

Critic Peter Bradshaw

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Aeroplanes are a metaphor for seizing life's opportunities; flight is the ultimate glory.

Read full review at The Guardian

Critic Marc Savlov

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Buoyed by a marvelously evocative score by Joe Hisaishi, Miyazaki’s swan song can be seen as a summation of all that has come before.

Read full review at The Austin Chronicle

Frequently asked questions

What is The Wind Rises about? Toggle content

The Wind Rises tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, a young man who dreams of building planes despite his nearsightedness, He meets a girl named Nahoko and falls in love with her but she has tuberculosis. While working on a fighter plane project for the Imperial Navy during World War II., Jiro is inspired by his hero, the Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni, Another character, Hans Castorp criticizes the Nazi regime and helps Jiro and Nahoko's romance before fleeing arrest by the Japanese secret police. In the end, Jiro becomes one of Japan's most prestigious aeronautical engineers while witnessing significant historical events that mark his life.

Where can I stream The Wind Rises? Toggle content

You can stream The Wind Rises on: Netflix

What movies are similar to The Wind Rises? Toggle content

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The Wind Rises was released in theaters on May 9, 2014.