The Wind Rises is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI and distributed by Toho. It was released on 20 July 2013, in Japan, and was released by Touchstone Pictures in North America on 21 February 2014. The Wind Rises is a fictionalised biographical film of Jiro Horikoshi, designer of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter aircraft and its successor, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, used by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The film is adapted from Miyazaki's manga of the same name, which was in turn loosely based on both the 1937 novel The Wind Has Risen by Tatsuo Hori and the life of Jiro Horikoshi. It was the final film directed by Miyazaki before his retirement in September 2013.
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
| Screenplay by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Starring | Hideaki Anno, Miori Takimoto, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Masahiko Nishimura, Morio Kazama, Keiko Takeshita, Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Otake, Nomura Mansai |
| Music | Joe Hisaishi |
| Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
| Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
| Production, company | Studio Ghibli |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Released | July 20, 2013 (Japan) |
| Running time | 126 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Budget | US$ 30 million |
| Box office | US$ 136.5 million |
| Netflix ID | 70293674 |
About The Wind Rises
Animated fictionalized biography of aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi. The film follows a young Jiro from his time at Tokyo Imperial University through the design of the prototype of his Mitsubishi A5M aircraft. The movie was written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Achievement of The Wind Rises
The film is loosely based on Tatsuo Hori's 1937 novel The Wind Has Risen. It went on to be nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Latest information about The Wind Rises updated on July 28 2021.
