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Cast & Crew

Hayao Miyazaki
Director
Hideaki Anno
As Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
Jun Kunimura
As Hattori (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
As Honjô (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
As Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura
As Kurokawa (voice)
Mirai Shida
As Kayo Horikoshi (voice)
Morio Kazama
As Satomi (voice)

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

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Wind Rises include Ethel & Ernest, Inside Out, A Silent Voice: The Movie, Batman: The Killing Joke, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, BLAME!.

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The Wind Rises was released in theaters on March 20, 2014.