Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Hideaki AnnoJiro Horikoshi (voice)
- Hidetoshi NishijimaHonjô (voice)
- Miori TakimotoNaoko Satomi (voice)
- Masahiko NishimuraKurokawa (voice)
- Stephen AlpertCastorp (voice)
- Mansai NomuraGiovanni Battista (voice)
- Jun KunimuraHattori (voice)
- Mirai ShidaKayo Horikoshi (voice)
- Shinobu OtakeMrs. Kurokawa (voice)
- Morio KazamaSatomi (voice)
Recommendations
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Variety
Miyazaki is at the peak of his visual craftsmanship here, alternating lush, boldly colored rural vistas with epic, crowded urban canvases, soaring aerial perspectives and test flights both majestic and ill-fated. - 100
Slant Magazine
Even if Hayao Miyazaki's career is complete, a work like this serves to remind us of the shining beacons he's left behind him, the testaments to pursuing beauty in the face of so much ugliness, themselves lasting reminders of the quiet rewards of determination. - 91
The Playlist
It might not be the director's most immediately accessible films, but it's among his most fascinating and beguiling. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
As gorgeously animated as any of his previous movies, Wind has Miyazaki trading in his more fantastical impulses for contemplative, old-fashioned drama and period detail. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
A very honest film from a great Japanese artist. - 83
IndieWire
The grim subtext of The Wind Rises goes largely unacknowledged, leading to a gaping hole in this otherwise beautifully realized narrative that celebrates the power of curiosity as a motivating force. - 80
The Telegraph
There are visual flights of fancy here as glorious as anything Miyazaki’s studio has created, but the story is rooted in a country trudging towards its own destruction. - 80
Village Voice
An emotionally generous and expansively detailed romantic fantasy.
