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Personal Experiences influenced 風立ちぬ (The Wind Has Risen)
Added by Media Influence Map · 15 October 2026
- Chronic illness
The evidence
Tatsuo Hori drew the novel from his fiancée Ayako Yano's death from tuberculosis at a mountain sanatorium, where he was also a patient.
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