The Wind Rises (Kaze Tachinu) is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film is based on the manga of the same name, which is in turn based on a short story 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 were fighter aircraft that the Empire of Japan used in World War II. Miyazaki said this will be his final film.
Plot[]
In "The Wind Rises," Jiro (voice of Joseph Gordon-Levitt) dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical engineer Caproni (voice of Stanley Tucci). 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 (voice of Emily Blunt), and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo (voice of John Krasinski).
Cast[]
Japanese[]
- Hideaki Anno as Jiro Horikoshi
- Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi
- Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjo
- Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa
- Stephen Alpert as Castorp
- Morio Kazama as Satomi
- Keiko Takeshita as Jiro's Mother
- Mirai Shida as Kayo Horikoshi
- Jun Kunimura as Hattori
- Shinobu Otake as Mrs. Kurokawa
- Nomura Mansai as Giovanni Battista Caproni
English[]
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Jiro Horikoshi
- Emily Blunt — Naoko Satomi
- John Krasinski — Honjo
- Martin Short — Kurokawa
- Stanley Tucci — Giovanni Battista Caproni
- Mandy Patinkin — Hattori
- William H. Macy — Satomi
- Werner Herzog — Castorp
- Mae Whitman — Kayo
- Jennifer Grey — Mrs. Kurokawa
- Darren Criss — Katayama
- Elijah Wood — Sone
- Ronan Farrow — Mitsubishi Employee