Overview
A dreamer soars through the skies, crafting beauty in the face of turmoil and love.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- dreamy
- melancholic
- wistful
- quiet evening
- reflective weekend
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a visually exquisite, emotionally charged, and deeply thoughtful culmination of Hayao Miyazaki's career, with its bittersweet treatment of beauty and war earning universal acclaim.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Jiro Horikoshi's life is dramatized through dream encounters, altered chronology, and Miyazaki's subjective interpretation of his work.
Jiro's airplane designs emerge from a sincere love of flight while Japan's military expansion turns them into instruments of war.
Jiro repeatedly encounters Caproni and explores fantastical aircraft designs in soaring dream sequences.
Jiro's relationship with Nahoko develops alongside tuberculosis, earthquakes, economic crisis, and Japan's descent into war.
Films like The Wind Rises, and why
Grave of the Fireflies
visually ambitious animated fantasy-drama with a gentle romance, historical trauma, and bittersweet emotional weight
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Japanese historical drama centered on artistic vocation, national catastrophe, and intimate human relationships
The Aviator
romantic historical drama about ambition, technology, and the moral costs of progress
Amadeus
poetic biographical drama exploring creative obsession, love, and the shadow of political history
Movie Details
- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Release Date
- 2013-07-20
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 (3494)
Cast
- Hideaki Anno
- Hidetoshi Nishijima
- Miori Takimoto
- Masahiko Nishimura
- Stephen Alpert
- Mansai Nomura
- Jun Kunimura
- Mirai Shida
- Shinobu Otake
- Morio Kazama
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Wind Rises about?
- An idealistic Japanese aircraft designer pursues beauty in flight while love, illness, and militarism reshape the world around him.
- What is The Wind Rises like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Wind Rises as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Wind Rises violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Wind Rises as mild.
- What did critics think of The Wind Rises?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a visually exquisite, emotionally charged, and deeply thoughtful culmination of Hayao Miyazaki's career, with its bittersweet treatment of beauty and war earning universal acclaim.
- Which films are like The Wind Rises?
- Films with a similar feel include Grave of the Fireflies, The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, The Aviator, and Amadeus.
- How long is The Wind Rises?
- The Wind Rises runs 126 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Wind Rises?
- In United States, The Wind Rises streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
