The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu
Jirou Horikoshi is nearsighted, so he'll never be a pilot himself—but that doesn't stop him from moving to Tokyo to study aeronautical engineering. His real goal is simpler: build planes like his hero, the Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni. He arrives just as the Great Kanto Earthquake hits in 1923, and during the chaos, he rescues a maid and meets a young girl named Naoko Satomi. That disaster kicks off decades of upheaval that will eventually lead Japan into World War II. Over the next twenty years, Jirou pours everything into his work—eventually designing the infamous Mitsubishi A6M Zero. His travels and experiences push him forward, but they also force him to face uncomfortable truths: what his planes will actually be used for, and the toll his ambition takes on his personal life. The closer he gets to his dream, the harder the question becomes: is it worth what it costs?
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The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu
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2013
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Jirou Horikoshi is nearsighted, so he'll never be a pilot himself—but that doesn't stop him from moving to Tokyo to study aeronautical engineering. His real goal is simpler: build planes like his hero, the Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni. He arrives just as the Great Kanto Earthquake hits in 1923, and during the chaos, he rescues a maid and meets a young girl named Naoko Satomi. That disaster kicks off decades of upheaval that will eventually lead Japan into World War II. Over the next twenty years, Jirou pours everything into his work—eventually designing the infamous Mitsubishi A6M Zero. His travels and experiences push him forward, but they also force him to face uncomfortable truths: what his planes will actually be used for, and the toll his ambition takes on his personal life. The closer he gets to his dream, the harder the question becomes: is it worth what it costs?
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The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu
Jirou Horikoshi is nearsighted, so he'll never be a pilot himself—but that doesn't stop him from moving to Tokyo to study aeronautical engineering. His real goal is simpler: build planes like his hero, the Italian aircraft designer Giovanni Battista Caproni. He arrives just as the Great Kanto Earthquake hits in 1923, and during the chaos, he rescues a maid and meets a young girl named Naoko Satomi. That disaster kicks off decades of upheaval that will eventually lead Japan into World War II. Over the next twenty years, Jirou pours everything into his work—eventually designing the infamous Mitsubishi A6M Zero. His travels and experiences push him forward, but they also force him to face uncomfortable truths: what his planes will actually be used for, and the toll his ambition takes on his personal life. The closer he gets to his dream, the harder the question becomes: is it worth what it costs?
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The Wind Rises
Kaze Tachinu
風立ちぬ