The Wind Rises
Hayao Miyazaki's film for Studio Ghibli (2013): the fictionalized life of Jiro Horikoshi, the engineer who dreamed of and designed aircraft in interwar Japan. It moves between the Tokyo of the 1923 great earthquake, Nagoya's aviation industry and summers in Karuizawa (Nagano).
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Mampei Hotel (Karuizawa)model of the Kusakaru Hotel
model / inspiration
The historic Karuizawa hotel (Nagano) is the model for the Kusakaru Hotel, where Jiro reunites with Nahoko during a summer in the mountains. The heart of the film's romance.
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Nagoya (aviation industry)the aircraft works
location
The city where Jiro works as an engineer for the aviation company (Mitsubishi) and witnesses a bank run of the era. The setting of the story's professional heart.
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Fujimi Highlands (sanatorium)the sanatorium
location
The Fujimi Highlands (Nagano), home to the mountain sanatorium where Nahoko is treated for tuberculosis, inspired by Tatsuo Hori's novel. The landscape of the lovers' separation.
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