The Wind Rises (2013)

Bias Rating

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Center

Viewer Rating

Rating: 8.2

Overview

Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering compan...

Starring Cast

Hideaki Anno • Hidetoshi Nishijima • Miori Takimoto

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Moderate

Overview

Starring Cast

Hideaki Anno • Hidetoshi Nishijima • Miori Takimoto

Where to watch

HBO Max

Prime Video

Apple TV

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Center

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: High

The film explores the moral complexities of an individual's passion for creation amidst the backdrop of war, focusing on personal dreams and relationships rather than advocating for a specific political ideology or solution to the societal problems it depicts.

Diversity: ModerateConfidence: High

The film features a cast that accurately reflects its early 20th-century Japanese setting, with no intentional race or gender swaps of roles that would typically be considered white in a Western context. The narrative focuses on the protagonist's personal and professional journey, portraying traditional identities neutrally or positively without explicit DEI critiques.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The Wind Rises does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on the heterosexual relationship between Jiro Horikoshi and Nahoko Satomi, alongside Jiro's professional life and passion for aircraft design, without any queer representation.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The Wind Rises is a biographical drama based on the life of Jiro Horikoshi and Hayao Miyazaki's manga. All historical figures and original characters maintain their established genders from historical records or the source material, with no instances of a character being portrayed as a different gender than their canonical or historical depiction.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The Wind Rises is an original animated Japanese film based on the life of a historical Japanese figure, Jiro Horikoshi. All characters are depicted consistently with their established or implied Japanese (or German, for Castorp) race and ethnicity, without any changes from source material or historical record.