Jirô Horikoshi
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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu, lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') 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.
Feb 24, 2014 · In “The Wind Rises,” the fictionalized story of Jiro Horikoshi, Japan’s World War II airplane designer (he was responsible for designing the lethal “Zero” fighter plane), one character says, staring up at the racing clouds in the sky, “Airplanes are beautiful dreams.”
The Wind Rises (風立ちぬ , Kaze Tachinu) is the 19th animated film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI and distributed by Toho.
The Wind Rises. Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer. As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes.
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- Animation, Biography, Drama
- Hayao Miyazaki
- 2014-02-21
Jan 23, 2014 · Hayao Miyazaki's The Wind Rises is a lot of things. It's the final feature-length film from one of the all-time greats of Japanese animation. It's a gorgeous, Oscar-nominated work that brings...
An aviation-obsessed engineer named Jirô Horikoshi has loved the aesthetics, spirit, and science of flight for as long as he can remember. For years, he's been designing and building his dream plane, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, and it's finally completed.
Nov 7, 2013 · The animated film “The Wind Rises,” which Hayao Miyazaki says will be his last, is a poetic yet somber depiction of Jiro Horikoshi as a young warplane designer.
