The Wind Rises

NZ release: 06 March 2014

Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers Rated on: 06 March 2014

The Wind Rises

What’s it about?

This fictional biographical film follows the story of aeronautical engineer, Jiro Horikoshi, who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.

The facts

  • Directed by Hayao Miyazaki (Howl’s Moving Castle, My Neighbor Totoro)
  • Japanese language or English dub
  • Runtime: 126 minutes
  • Animated film by Studio Ghibli (My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo, Princess Mononoke)
  • Starring voice acting by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski and Stanely Tucci
  • Adapted from Miyazaki’s manga of the same name.

Why did it get this rating?

This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.

Content that may disturb

A character suffers from a medical condition. There is a scene where they spit up a disturbing amount of blood.

A powerful and violent earthquake is seen. It’s long, loud and harrowing. Civilians rushes away to safety or scurry to aid others. We see buildings collapse and large fires. This can be frightening for younger viewers.

There is a brief scene where bullies are picking on a kid, a character intervenes by grabbing and taking down one of the bullies onto the ground. The scene immediately cuts away, but we do see a character with mild bruises in the aftermath.

There are scenes of war. We see war planes crashing or being destroyed.

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