The Wind Rises is a 2013 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, a fictionalized account of the life of aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi, tracing his career from his university studies in the 1920s through his design of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter and the experimental Ka-14 aircraft that led to it, interwoven with a fictional romance drawn from a semi-autobiographical novel. The film presents its engineer protagonist's love of flight and elegant aircraft design largely apart from the military use his work was eventually put to, a choice that drew both praise for its formal beauty and criticism in Japan for sidestepping the aircraft's role in the Second World War. It became the highest grossing Japanese film of 2013 and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature; Miyazaki initially described it as his final film as a director.
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It drew political criticism in Asia but also critical acclaim.
Yes, in part. The Wind Rises was the highest-grossing Japanese film of 2013, and although it caused some political controversy and criticism in Asia, it was met with critical acclaim.
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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu; lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on his 2009 manga of the same name.
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The Wind Rises is a 2013 Japanese animated film directed by Hayao Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli, a fictionalized account of the life of aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi, tracing his career from his university studies in the 1920s through his design of the Mitsubishi A5M fighter and the experimental Ka-14 aircraft that led to it, interwoven with a fictional romance drawn from a semi-autobiographical novel.
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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu; lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on his 2009 manga of the same name.
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The Wind Rises (Japanese: 風立ちぬ, Hepburn: Kaze Tachinu; lit. 'The Wind Has Risen') is a 2013 Japanese animated historical drama film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki based on his 2009 manga of the same name.
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