Kaze Tachinu  

As Asas do Vento, Det blåser upp en vind, El Viento se Levanta, Le Vent se lève, Se Levanta el Viento, Szél támad, The Wind Rises

Despite Jirou Horikoshis nearsightedness preventing him from becoming a pilot, he travels to Tokyo Imperial University to study aeronautical engineering with the goal of designing and building planes like his hero, Giovanni Battista Caproni. His arrival coincides with the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, during which he saves a maid serving the family of a young girl named Naoko Satomi. This event marks the beginning of over two decades of social unrest and malaise leading up to Japan's surrender in World War II. The years before Jirou produces his infamous Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter aircraft are marked by many challenges, including witnessing firsthand growing antisemitism in Germany and reuniting with Naoko at a summer resort. Despite these experiences, he continues to pursue his dream of designing planes, even as he realizes the role they play in war and the waning health of his beloved. As time passes, Jirou must confront an impossible question: what cost does he pay for chasing his beautiful dream?

Before its release, director Miyazaki Hayao declared that Kaze Tachinu would be his final film. Like most of Miyazakis films, it was the top-grossing movie of its release year, earning $113 million in the domestic box office in 2013. The film was controversial on both sides of the political spectrum because of its sympathetic portrayal of Horikoshi and its perceived anti-war stance. The film was nominated for an Academy Award, Miyazakis third nomination. The film has won several awards. In 2013 it won the Best Animated Feature during the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, during the New York Film Critics Online, during the Online Film Critics Society, during the San Francisco Film Critics Circle and during the Toronto Film Critics Association. Also in 2013 it won the Best Animated Film during the Boston Online Film Critics Association (which tied with Frozen), during the Boston Society of Film Critics, during the Chicago Film Critics Association, during the New York Film Critics Circle and during the San Diego Film Critics Society. During the same year it won the Audience Favorite – Animation during the Mill Valley Film Festival and the Best Family Film during the Women Film Critics Circle. In 2014 it won the Animation of the Year during the Japan Academy Prize, the Best Animated Film during the National Board of Review and the Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media during the Satellite Awards.