The Wind Rises (2013)
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
A fictionalised life of aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi, from a provincial boyhood to Tokyo during the 1923 earthquake, the Mitsubishi works in Nagoya, a study trip to Germany and a fateful summer in Karuizawa.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Fujioka, Gunma, Japan≈ 00:01:00Inferred
As a nearsighted boy in the countryside, Jiro dreams of flying and of the Italian designer Caproni.
- 2Tokyo, Japan≈ 00:10:00Stated on screen
Riding the train to Tokyo, he meets Nahoko just as the Great Kanto earthquake strikes, and helps her injured maid home.
- 3Nagoya, Japan≈ 00:28:00Stated on screen
He joins Mitsubishi's aircraft works in Nagoya, where new planes are hauled to the airfield by oxen.
- 4Dessau, Germany≈ 00:46:00Stated on screen
Sent to Junkers in Germany, Jiro and Honjo see the giant G.38 but are kept from its secrets.
- 5Karuizawa, Japan≈ 01:05:00Stated on screen
On holiday at a Karuizawa resort hotel after a failed design, Jiro meets Nahoko again and they fall in love.
- 6Kurokawa's house≈ 01:35:00Nagoya, JapanInferred
- 7Kakamigahara, Gifu, Japan≈ 01:55:00Inferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 18,422 km
- Places
- 6
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 18,339 km
- Train: 83 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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