The Wind Rises

This beautiful and melancholic love story about a would-be pilot in tumultuously historic Japan is the swan song of retired anime legend Hayao Miyazaki. The master will be missed.

Jiro dreams of becoming a pilot, but since he’s near sighted, he settles for becoming a flight engineer. While on a fast track to becoming Japan’s most innovative designer, Jiro witnesses some of the nation’s most important events – be it the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Japan’s involvement in World War II or an epidemic of tuberculosis. But this wouldn’t be a true historic drama if Jiro wouldn’t fall deeply in love as well, turning the film into one of those great love stories. This beautiful and melancholic anime is the swan song of retired legend animator Hayao Miyazaki. The master will be missed.

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