The Wind Rises
We must live.
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A lyrical, melancholic meditation on passion, mortality, and the bittersweet cost of artistic ambition set against Japan's turbulent early 20th century.
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.
Essence
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Hideaki Anno
Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Honjô (voice)
Miori Takimoto
Naoko Satomi (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura
Kurokawa (voice)
Stephen Alpert
Castorp (voice)
Mansai Nomura
Giovanni Battista (voice)
Jun Kunimura
Hattori (voice)
Mirai Shida
Kayo Horikoshi (voice)
Shinobu Otake
Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)
Morio Kazama
Satomi (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Jirô's mother (voice)
Sascha
German Security Guard / Flight Engineer (voice)
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