THE WIND RISES on Australian Blu-ray and DVD

Hayao Miyazaki`s Final Masterpiece Source: Madman Entertainment Special Thanks to Ben Pollock On December 10th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release Studio Ghibli`s THE WIND RISES (????, Kaze Tachinu, 2013) on Blu-ray and Region 4 DVD. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, SPIRITED AWAY, 2002), comes a spellbinding movie beyond compare. Experience "perhaps the greatest animated film the cinema has ever seen" (David Ehrlich, FILM.COM). Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted and unable to be a pilot, he becomes one of the world`s most accomplished airplane designers, experiencing key historical events in an epic tale of love, perseverance and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world. An Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature, THE WIND RISES won multiple Best Animated Feature awards around the world, including US National Board of Review Awards, New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association. An Official Selection of the New Zealand International Film Festival Autumn Events 2014. Bring home the film that has dazzled fans and critics around the globe. Bursting off the screen with spectacular picture and sound and featuring fascinating bonus material, Miyazaki`s final masterpiece, THE WIND RISES, is breathtaking. Release Date: December 10, 2014 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen (Enhanced for 16x9 Televisions) Language: English 2.0, Japanese 2.0 Subtitles: English Running Time: 126 Minutes Special Features THE WIND RISES: Behind the Microphone Storyboards Original Japanese Trailers and TV spots Announcement of the Completion of the Film Format: Blu-ray (Region B) Catalog: MMA5386BR SRP: $39.95 AUD Format: DVD (Region 4, PAL) Number of Discs: 2 Catalog: MMA5386 SRP: $29.95 AUD

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For more information on THE WIND RISES, please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: