Miyazaki took his title and the love story of a woman with tuberculosis in a sanatorium from Tatsuo Hori's novel, and wove it into the life of the aircraft designer Jiro Horikoshi.
Book· 1936· Literary
風立ちぬ (The Wind Has Risen)
by 堀辰雄 Tatsuo Hori
風立ちぬ (The Wind Has Risen): 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
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- Chronic illness
Tatsuo Hori drew the novel from his fiancée Ayako Yano's death from tuberculosis at a mountain sanatorium, where he was also a patient.