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.
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Cast
34 people
Hideaki Anno
Jiro Horikoshi (voice)
Known for
FLCL
The Taste of Tea
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Honjô (voice)
Known for
Drive My Car
Sunny
Miori Takimoto
Naoko Satomi (voice)
Known for
Sadako 3D 2
HOKUSAI
Masahiko Nishimura
Kurokawa (voice)
Known for
Princess Mononoke
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Stephen Alpert
Castorp (voice)
Mansai Nomura
Giovanni Battista (voice)
Known for
Ran
Jun Kunimura
Hattori (voice)
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Audition
Mirai Shida
Kayo Horikoshi (voice)
Known for
Arrietty
A Whisker Away
Shinobu Otake
Mrs. Kurokawa (voice)
Known for
Arrietty
The Boy and the Heron
Morio Kazama
Satomi (voice)
Known for
Samurai Fiction
Asakusa Kid
Keiko Takeshita
Jirô's mother (voice)
Known for
Arrietty
From Up on Poppy Hill
Sascha
German Security Guard / Flight Engineer (voice)
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Fate/Zero
Hayao Miyazaki Director · Joe Hisaishi Composer Atsushi Okui Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $118M · Budget $30M · United States release February 21, 2014
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$117,932,401
Gross vs. budget
3.9×
Production
Studio Ghibli
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
dentsu
Production
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production
d-rights
Production
TOHO
Production
Walt Disney Japan
Production
KDDI
Production
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
風立ちぬ
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
French · German · Italian · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 20, 2013
Theatrical
United States · February 21, 2014
Theatrical
United States
September 28, 2013 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Australia
February 27, 2014 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 21, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
October 17, 2013 · Theatrical
Canada
September 11, 2013 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
February 21, 2014 · Theatrical
Czechia
June 13, 2024 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 15, 2014 · Theatrical
Estonia
May 16, 2014 · Theatrical
Finland
April 4, 2014 · Theatrical
France
January 22, 2014 · Theatrical
December 13, 2025 · TV · France•4
Germany
July 17, 2014 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 16, 2014 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 9, 2014 · Theatrical
Italy
September 1, 2013 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
September 13, 2014 · Limited theatrical
August 24, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Un Mondo di Sogni Animati
Netherlands
May 1, 2014 · Theatrical
November 5, 2014 · Physical · DVD, Blu-Ray
New Zealand
March 6, 2014 · Theatrical
Norway
March 28, 2014 · Theatrical
Poland
December 4, 2014 · Physical
Russia
February 20, 2014 · Theatrical
March 25, 2014 · Physical · DVD
August 27, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
June 15, 2022 · Theatrical · Re-release
January 16, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
Singapore
March 20, 2014 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 4, 2013 · Theatrical
Spain
September 20, 2013 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
April 25, 2014 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 4, 2014 · Theatrical
November 5, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Switzerland
January 22, 2014 · Theatrical
Taiwan
September 18, 2013 · Theatrical
Türkiye
February 20, 2014 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 9, 2014 · Theatrical
Vietnam
October 17, 2025 · Theatrical
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