A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.A look at the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.
- Director
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki(comic)
- Stars
- Hideaki Anno(Japanese version)
- Hidetoshi Nishijima(Japanese version)
- Miori Takimoto(Japanese version)
Top credits
- Director
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki(comic)
- Stars
- Hideaki Anno(Japanese version)
- Hidetoshi Nishijima(Japanese version)
- Miori Takimoto(Japanese version)
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 26 wins & 54 nominations total
Videos12
Hideaki Anno
- Jirô Horikoshi
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
- Honjô
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Miori Takimoto
- Naoko Satomi
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura
- Kurokawa
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Stephen Alpert
- Castorp
- (voice)
- (as Steve Alpert)
Mansai Nomura
- Giovanni Battista Caproni
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Jun Kunimura
- Hattori
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Mirai Shida
- Kayo Horikoshi
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
- Kurokawa's Wife
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Morio Kazama
- Satomi
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
- Jirô's Mother
- (Japanese version)
- (voice)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
- Jirô Horikoshi
- (English version)
- (voice)
John Krasinski
- Honjô
- (English version)
- (voice)
Emily Blunt
- Nahoko Satomi
- (English version)
- (voice)
Martin Short
- Kurokawa
- (English version)
- (voice)
Stanley Tucci
- Caproni
- (English version)
- (voice)
Mandy Patinkin
- Hattori
- (English version)
- (voice)
Mae Whitman
- Kayo Horikoshi
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
- Director
- Writer
- Hayao Miyazaki(comic) (screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHuman voices are largely used as sound effects, such as engine roars and earthquake sound.
- GoofsAfter Jiro tells Nahoko that he's finished designing his plane, he falls asleep. Nahoko removes his glasses and places them on the floor behind their heads. In the next shot, from behind their heads, there are no glasses on the floor.
- ConnectionsEdited into Miyazaki Dreams of Flying (2017)
- SoundtracksHikouki-gumo
Written by Yumi Matsutôya (as Arai Yumi)
Performed by Yumi Matsutôya (as Arai Yumi)
Courtesy of Toshiba EMI (Universal Music Japan)
Top review
Hayao Miyazaki's Most Beautiful Film
The Wind Rises is a fictionalized biography / character study of Jiro Hirikoshi and his story of becoming an Aviation Engineer. This movie had a great impact on me after seeing it in the theatre and I thought about what I had seen for the one hour drive home afterwards. In terms of pacing and how the movie focuses on the main character I was reminded of David Lean movies in its maturity and emotional grit. There were also times when watching that I thought to myself I have never seen hand drawn animation this good ever and will probably never see animation this good ever again. The character designs are beautiful. The backgrounds and color pallete are beautiful. The animation is breathtaking. But the story is just as beautiful as the artwork. The movie is about one mans journey to make beautiful airplanes but is also equally tragic in later scenes of the movie in the evolving love story and especially the last scene in the movie.
This movie does not explain at any time through dialogue what the character is feeling but instead it shows you and the subtle and at times powerful emotions which are the glue of what holds his story together. Some people may wonder why Miyazaki took creative risks with the real life story of Jiro Hirikoshi. The real life Jiro never married to a woman with Tuberculosis. Did he really fantasize about building airplanes? Was he really followed by a Soviet Spy? I think the way the character fantasizes about airplanes even when not dreaming is an honest depiction of how creative people like Hayao Miyazaki think.
Along with Porco Rosso this is probably Hayao Miyazaki's most personal movie. If you study Hayao Miyazaki's movies and read about his career like I have it becomes obvious that this movie is as much about Jiro Hirikoshi as it is about Hayao Miyazaki.
I recommend anyone who has ever been creative to go see the Wind Rises.
Hayao Miyazaki's Most Beautiful film.
This movie does not explain at any time through dialogue what the character is feeling but instead it shows you and the subtle and at times powerful emotions which are the glue of what holds his story together. Some people may wonder why Miyazaki took creative risks with the real life story of Jiro Hirikoshi. The real life Jiro never married to a woman with Tuberculosis. Did he really fantasize about building airplanes? Was he really followed by a Soviet Spy? I think the way the character fantasizes about airplanes even when not dreaming is an honest depiction of how creative people like Hayao Miyazaki think.
Along with Porco Rosso this is probably Hayao Miyazaki's most personal movie. If you study Hayao Miyazaki's movies and read about his career like I have it becomes obvious that this movie is as much about Jiro Hirikoshi as it is about Hayao Miyazaki.
I recommend anyone who has ever been creative to go see the Wind Rises.
Hayao Miyazaki's Most Beautiful film.
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- Nov 9, 2013
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Se levanta el viento
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,209,580
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $313,751
- Feb 23, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $136,756,706
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Color
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