Castorp

Castorp is a supporting character of The Wind Rises film. He is a German gentleman seen in a hotel located in Karuizawa.

Personality
He is friendly and talkative. Regarding the future of and  he has a pessimistic mindset. He approaches Mr. Satomi to congratulate him for Jiro Horikoshi's proposal to Naoko Satomi.

On the piano he plays the song "Das gibt's nur einmal". His favorite dish is, called Kresse in German.

Voice Acting
In the Japanese version, he was dubbed by Steve Alpert, an American. In the American version, he is voiced by legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog. The German Reinhard Kuhnert voiced him in the German version.

Trivia

 * Castorp is named after Hans Castorp, the main character of 1924 's novel .
 * According to Steve Alpert, Castorp is based on Richard Sorge, a Soviet spy who worked undercover in Nazi Germany and Empire of Japan.