The Wind Rises
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The Wind Rises is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on his 2009 manga of the same name. Produced by Studio Ghibli and distributed by Toho, the
Theatrical release poster
Mitsubishi aircraft manufacturing factory, Nagoya
Mampei Hotel, Karuizawa
Jiro Horikoshi
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Jiro Horikoshi was a Japanese aeronautical engineer. He was the chief engineer of several Japanese fighter aircraft designs used during World War II, most notably the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter, as w
The Wind Rises
…Mirai Shida, Jun Kunimura, Shinobu Otake, and Nomura Mansai. The film portrays a fictionalised account of the life of Japanese aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi, in particular his engineering career from his time at the University of Tokyo in 1923 to the first test flight of the Mitsubishi Ka-14 on 4 February…
Horikoshi while a student at Tokyo Imperial University
Horikoshi (center) and members of the A6M1 design team, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (July 1937)
Horikoshi (October 1938)