When the Wind Blows

Year: 1986

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: English

Director: Jimmy T. Murakami

WarScience FictionAnimationMoving relationship storiesPowerful stories of heartbreak and suffering

A bleak, prophetic tale set in post‑Cold‑War Britain, where an elderly couple follow outdated government pamphlets to construct a fallout shelter and stockpile supplies for a nuclear strike. Their preparations, rooted in the romanticized memories of WWII, clash with the harsher reality of modern war.

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