The wind rises / Ветер крепчает

JAPAN
2014, 126 MIN

Director & scriptwriter Hayao Miyazaki
Music Joe Hisaishi
Producer Toshio Suzuki
Production Studio Ghibli, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI Corporation, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Nippon Television Network, Toho Company

Little Jiro dreams of flying and beautiful planes that could overtake the wind. But he cannot become a pilot, he is short-sighted. Nevertheless Jiro does not give up his dream and starts inventing an ideal plane. As time goes by he becomes one of the best aviation constructors in the world. On his way to success he will meet many interesting people, survive the great Kanto earthquake and cruel wars and find the love of his life, the beautiful Naoko..

HAYAO MIYAZAKI

Born in 1941 in Tokyo. In 1963 graduated from the Gakushuin University. One of the greatest animation directors in Japan, prizewinner of prominent international film festivals, winner of many Oscars. Author of Manga, one of the founders of the Ghibli Studio. His filmography includes “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” (1986), “Castle in the Sky” (1986), “My Neighbor Totoro” (1988), “Kiki's Delivery Service” (1989), “Porco Rosso” (1992), “Princess Mononoke” (1997), “Spirited Away” (2001, Osar, Grand Prix at the Berlin IFF and about 50 other awards), “Howl's Moving Castle” (2004, Oscar nomination, prize of the Venice IFF), “Ponyo” (2008, 2 prizes of the Venice IFF), etc. The director decided to end his career in movies with “The Wind Rises”, an Oscar nominee and winner of many awards.