"Kaze Tachinu" ("The Wind Rises") was director Hayao Miyazaki's last feature-length anime before he retired this month.
Because of the film's success, more people are visiting a plant in Aichi Prefecture where a restored fighter plane featured in the movie is being exhibited.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Komaki-Minami plant in Toyoyama has a restored Mitsubishi Navy Type 0 Carrier Fighter, or Zero, on show there, the same plane shown in the film that portrays the life of Jiro Horikoshi, chief engineer of Japanese fighter aircraft.
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