Hideaki Anno
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Feb 24, 2014 · Novel. Tatsuo Hori. In "The Wind Rises", we are given a portrait of a bespectacled thinker and dreamer, a boy who understands that what he fantasizes about can become a reality. The same could be said for Hayao Miyazaki, and in a way, "The Wind Rises" is his most personal film.
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. It was released on July...
Summaries. 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. Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni.
Animator Hayao Miyazaki spins a decades-spanning tale inspired by the life of Jirô Horikoshi, designer of the World War II fighter plane the Zero. Watch trailers & learn more.
Jul 20, 2013 · Synopsis. Although Jirou Horikoshi's nearsightedness prevents him from ever becoming a pilot, he leaves his hometown to study aeronautical engineering at Tokyo Imperial University for one simple purpose: to design and build planes just like his hero, Italian aircraft pioneer Giovanni Battista Caproni.
Nov 19, 2013 · IGN. 17.7M subscribers. 1.1K. 29K views 9 years ago. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, Jiro becomes one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events...
2 hr 6 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. In this spellbinding tale from Studio Ghibli, an aviation-obsessed Japanese engineer named Jiro Horikoshi spends years building his dream plane, the Mitsubishi...
