Kawasaki Reading Room presents the Japanese Film Festival. For the fourth night of the Film Festival, we are honored to show Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises.

Each showing during the Film Festival will be followed by a reception at the Kawasaki Reading Room.

The Wind Rises Synopsis:
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 company in 1927 and becomes one of the world’s most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic and Japan’s plunge into war. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo.

More information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2013293/

Please contact the Kawasaki Reading Room with any questions at 402-472-9427 or at kawasakireadingroom@gmail.com.