English Dub Cast for Miyazaki's 'Kaze Tachinu' Announced

The English dub cast has been announced for Hayao Miyazaki's latest and last film "Kaze Tachinu" (The Wind Rises).

The cast includes:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Jiro Horikoshi, main character
Emily Blunt: Nahoko Satomi, love interest
John Krasinski: Honjo, Jiro's college pal and fellow aviation engineer
Martin Short: Kurokawa, Jiro's grumpy boss
Stanley Tucci: Caproni, Italian airplane creator
Mandy Patinkin: Hattori, senior designer at Mitsubishi
William H. Macy: Satomi, Nahoko's father
Werner Herzog: the mysterious Castorp
Mae Whitman: Kayo, Jiro's younger sister, as well as Kinu, Nahoko's caretaker
Jennifer Grey: Mrs. Kurokawa
Darren Criss: Katayama, one of Jiro's engineering colleagues
Elijah Wood: Sone, another of Jiro's colleagues
Ronan Farrow: Mitsubishi employee

In an interview with USA Today, Gordon-Levitt said in regards to the film, "The Wind Rises" is "clearly the work of someone who's a master at their craft." Rather than imaginary creatures and worlds, "this one is more grounded in human beings and a historical moment in time. He goes on to say that "there's still a flavor of magic in it as you go inside the mind of this aeronautics engineer and you see him walking on the wings of airplanes in his dream."

Source: USA Today