The Wind Rises

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Hayao Miyazaki's final masterpiece
Certificate: PG
Running Time: 121 Mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 29/09/2014
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Hayao Miyazaki writes and directs this Japanese animated feature from Studio Ghibli. As a young boy, the bespectacled Jiro Horikoshi (voice of Hideaki Anno) dreams of flying a plane but when he learns he will be unable to become a pilot due to his poor eyesight, he instead decides to be an aircraft designer.

On September 1st 1923 Jiro is travelling by train when the Great Kanto earthquake strikes. He assists fellow passenger Naoko (Miori Takimoto) and her maid who suffers an injury. He doesn't meet Naoko again till many years later after he has graduated university and has worked on various designing jobs, without finding much success. The two fall for each other and become engaged but Naoko is suffering from tuberculosis. While they try to enjoy the time they have together Jiro continues to work on designing his first successful plane.

Special Features:
Feature Storyboards
Original Japanese Trailers and TV Spots
Trailers

Video Tracks:
1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Hayao Miyazaki

Written By:
Hayao Miyazaki

Starring:
Hideaki Anno
Miori Takimoto
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Jun Kunimura
Mansai Nomura
Masahiko Nishimura
Mirai Shida
Stephen Alpert
Emily Blunt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Stanley Tucci
Werner Herzog
John Krasinski
Martin Short