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The Wind Rises (2013)
★ 7.8 · 3,346 ratings on TMDB
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.
DirectorHayao Miyazaki
The emergence reading
The Wind Rises keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing dream, war, love, technology, mortality.
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