The Wind Rises

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.

The Wind Rises (2013) is an animation history film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. It runs 126 minutes and was released in July 2013.

Hideaki Anno stars as Jiro Horikoshi (voice), Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjô (voice), Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi (voice), and Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa (voice). Written by Hayao Miyazaki. Production companies include dentsu, Nippon Television Network Corporation, and Studio Ghibli.

Shelv files it under airplane, earthquake, flying, and great depression. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

Millennium Actress, Pearl Harbor, and Unbroken make useful companions to The Wind Rises, all filed under adult animation and japan. It scores 7.8 out of 10 from 3,532 TMDB voters and it carries a PG-13 rating.