The Wind Rises is the 11th animated theatrical film directed by Hayao Miyazaki at Studio Ghibli. Based on Miyazaki’s own manga and the 1937 short novel of the same name by Tatsuo Hori, this is the story of Jirō Horikoshi, the aircraft engineer most remembered for his design work on the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen “Zero”, Japan’s famous World War II fighter aircraft.
Crew / Cast
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Version
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, William H. Macy
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Writer: Mike Jones
Exec Producer: Frank Marshall
Academy Awards
2014 Nominated, Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Golden Globes
2014 Nominated, Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
