The Wind Rises
“We must live.”
AnimationDramaHistoryRomance
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
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A deeply wistful and visually stunning journey, this film wraps you in a melancholic beauty. It's a reflective experience about the pursuit of dreams, the bittersweet nature of creation, and the quiet resilience of the human spirit amidst life's inevitable sorrows. The hand-drawn artistry is simply breathtaking.
wistfulmelancholicbeautifulbittersweetreflectivesteadyhand-drawn animationGhibli aesthetichistorical dramapoetic realismdreams and ambitionthe beauty of creationlove and sacrificethe shadow of war
japanairplaneflyingworld war iiearthquakebiographygreat depressionpacific warlovetuberculosisadult animationanimemeiji periodtaisho periodgreat kantō earthquake
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