Information

• Type: Movie
  
• Episodes: 1
  
• Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki
  
• Produced by: Toshio Suzuki
  
• Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
  
• Based on: Kaze Tachinu by Hayao Miyazaki
  
• Starring: Hideaki Anno
  
• Music by: Joe Hisaishi
  
• Studio: Studio Ghibli
  
• Distributed by: Toho
  
• Release date(s): July 20, 2013
  
• Genres: Drama, Historical, Romance
  
• Duration: 2 hr. 6 min.
  

Plot Summary
A biographical film about the life of Jiro Horikoshi, the man responsible for the design and creation of the famous Japanese World War II Zero Fighter aircraft. Inspired by the aesthetics of design and the freedom of flying, Jiro pursues a life dedicated to the creation of a beautiful aircraft. The film covers the passage of time from Jiro's childhood, filled with dreams of engineering, to adulthood as he creates an elegant, flight worthy plane that eventually is used for something quite different than he expected, war

Cast

• Hideaki Anno as Jiro Horikoshi
  
• Miori Takimoto as Naoko Satomi
  
• Hidetoshi Nishijima as Honjo
  
• Masahiko Nishimura as Kurokawa
  
• Steve Alpert as Castorp
  
• Morio Kazama as Satomi
  
• Keiko Takeshita as Jiro's mother
  
• Mirai Shida as Kayo Horikoshi
  
• Jun Kunimura as Hattori
  
• Shinobu Otake as Mrs. Kurokawa
  
• Nomura Mansai as Caproni
  

Trailer