The Wind Rises

We must live.

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.

Drama Animation Romance War History

Hideaki Anno

(Jiro Horikoshi (voice))

Hidetoshi Nishijima

(Honjô (voice))

Miori Takimoto

(Naoko Satomi (voice))

Masahiko Nishimura

(Kurokawa (voice))

Stephen Alpert

(Castorp (voice))

Mansai Nomura

(Giovanni Battista (voice))

Jun Kunimura

(Hattori (voice))

Mirai Shida

(Kayo Horikoshi (voice))

Shinobu Ôtake

(Mrs. Kurokawa (voice))

Morio Kazama

(Satomi (voice))

Keiko Takeshita

(Jirô's mother (voice))

Sascha

(German Security Guard / Flight Engineer (voice))

Kaichi Kaburagi

(Young Jiro Horikoshi (voice))

Maki Shinta

(Young Kayo Horikoshi (voice))