The Wind Rises

Bidding farewell to feature moviemaking, acclaimed Japanese writer/director Hayao Miyazaki delivers a beauteous, tender animated film adapted from his manga biography of engineer and World War II aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi. The partly fictionalized story follows Horikoshi from boyhood to marriage, to his work designing war machines and a heart-wrenching personal loss. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, and Stanley Tucci provide voices. 127 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: Japanese, English; Subtitles: English, French; featurette; theatrical trailers; TV spots; storyboards; bonus "10 Years with Hayao Miyazaki" episode; more. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.