The Wind Rises (DVD)

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; more. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English.

Starring: Hideaki Anno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Jun Kunimura, Mansai Nomura, Masahiko Nishimura, Mirai Shida, Morio Kazama, Shinobu Otake, Steve Alpert, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Martin Short, Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, Mae Whitman, Werner Herzog, William H. Macy, Elijah Wood, Darren Criss, Edie Mirman, Zach Callison, Jennifer Grey, Eva Bella

Director: Toshio Suzuki

Rating: PG13