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The Wind Rises (2013)

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Overview

The Wind Rises is the 11th animated theatrical film directed by Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli. Based on Miyazaki’s own manga and the 1937 short novel of the same name by Tatsuo Hori, this is the story of Jirō Horikoshi, the aircraft engineer most remembered for his design work on the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen “Zero”, Japan’s famous World War II fighter aircraft. During the WWII years, the Miyazaki family business manufactured aircraft parts, including the windshields and rudders used on the Zero.

Principal Cast

Hideaki Anno as Jirô Horikoshi (voice)
Jun Kunimura as Hattori (voice)
Mirai Shida as Kayo Horikoshi (voice)
Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjô (voice)
Mansai Nomura as Caproni (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa (voice)
Steve Alpert as Kastrup (voice)
Keiko Takeshita as Jirôs Mother (voice)
Shinobu Ohtake as Kurokawas Wife (voice)
Morio Kazama as Satomi (voice)

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