The Wind Rises

Release Date: Friday, February 21, 2014 Limited Friday, February 28, 2014 Expansion

Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Jennifer Grey, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, Elijah Wood, Martin Short, Werner Herzog, Mae Whitman, Hayao Miyazaki, Gary Rydstrom

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In The Wind Rises, Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. Writer and director Hayao Miyazaki pays tribute to engineer Jiro Horikoshi and author Tatsuo Hori in this epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world.
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The film's director Hayao Miyazaki last directed The Boy and the Heron and Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro. The film's writer Hayao Miyazaki last wrote The Boy and the Heron and Lupin the 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro.

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MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some disturbing images and smoking
Runtime
N/A
Tagline
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Also known as
Kaze tachinu

Language
Japanese<br /> German<br /> English (subtitled)<br /> English

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  • The English-language voice cast of The Wind Rises is directed by Gary Rydstrom, a seven-time Academy Award®-winning sound designer who worked on Wreck-It Ralph and Brave. Rydstrom also directed the English-language versions of The Secret World of Arrietty and From Up on Poppy Hill.
  • The title The Wind Rises comes from a novel of the same name by Tatsuo Hori, who took a line from Paul Valery's poem, "Le vent se Leve, il faut tenter de vivre" – The wind is rising. We must try to live.
  • The Wind Rises was released in Japan in July 2013, topping the Japanese box office and the $100 million mark.
  • The film will also open for Academy Award® qualification engagements in New York and Los Angeles Nov. 8-14, 2013, showcasing the original film in Japanese with English subtitles.

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The Wind Rises was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, February 21, 2014 . There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including Pompeii, Holy Ghost People and Barefoot. As a limited release, The Wind Rises was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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