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THE WIND RISES: The Story of the WIND
- Release Date: July 20, 2013 (Japan)
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Adapted by: The Wind Has Risen
Nominated: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, MORE
Award: Japan Academy Award for Animated Film of the Year, MORE
The Wind Rises is one of Ghibli's romantic anime films and has achieved unexpected success. The plot of this Ghibli animated film revolves around the life of Jiro Horikoshi – A young man who always aspires to become a pilot. However, he is nearsighted so he cannot fulfill that dream. Jiro studied aeronautical engineering in Tokyo and became the youngest engineer. The position of chief designer of the fighter competition is the result of many years of hard work.
However, Jiro's Mitsubishi 1MF10 was not tested and was rejected by the Imperial Navy. After that, he went to the resort in Karuizawa to relax, expecting to meet Nahoko Satomi, the girl he secretly loved many years ago. Fate is truly miraculous, the two have the opportunity to reconcile and become lovers. Their love affair is full of romance and sweetness, but also excruciating pain when Nahoko becomes seriously ill and is gone forever.