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The Boy Who Saw the Wind (2000)

The Boy Who Saw the Wind poster
Original title
風を見た少年
Directed by
Toshiya Shinohara, Kazuki Ōmori
Genre
fantasy film, adventure film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young orphan boy with the power to see the wind gets caught up in a war between two nations. He travels through a steampunk world searching for peace and understanding.

fantasticalmelancholicadventurouspensivelonelywistfulgentlewar-tingedphilosophical

What happens

The Boy Who Saw The Wind (Japanese: 風を見た少年, Hepburn: Kaze o Mita Shōnen) is an anime film based on the novel by C. W. Nicol. Directed by Kazuki Ōmori, it was released theatrically in Japan by Buena Vista International on 22 July 2000. It was also broadcast in Latin America by HBO, France by AK Video, Spain by HBO and Russia by MC Entertainment. The film was later adapted into a play by Japan's Atom Theater Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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