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Whisper of the Heart
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Cast
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Youko Honna | ... |
Shizuku Tsukishima
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Kazuo Takahashi | ... |
Seiji Amasawa
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Takashi Tachibana | ... |
Seiya Tsukishima
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Issei Takahashi | ... |
Seiji Amasawa
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Shigeru Muroi | ... |
Asako Tsukishima
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | ... |
The Baron
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Keiju Kobayashi | ... |
Shiro Nishi
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Yorie Yamashita | ... |
Shiho Tsukishima
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Maiko Kayama | ... |
Yuko Harada
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Yoshimi Nakajima | ... |
Sugimura
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Minami Takayama | ... |
Kosaka-sensei
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Mayumi Iizuka | ... |
Kinuyo
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Mai Chiba | ... |
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Satoru Takahashi | ... |
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Akiko Sakaguchi | ... |
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A young girl finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy. Later she meets a very infuriating fellow... could it be her "friend" from the library? The boy's grandfather has a violin sales and service shop. The boy wants to be a violin maker like his grandfather. Written by Dana Anthony <ranthony@intrex.net>
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Suki na hito ga dekimashita!Parents Guide:
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Country:
JapanRelease Date:
15 July 1995 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Whisper of the Heart See more »Company Credits
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Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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Did You Know?
Trivia
There is a billboard advertising the movie in the movie itself. See more »Goofs
(At 22:56 - 23:20) When Shizuku first follows Muta the cat into Mr.Nishi's antique shop. Just as Shizuku watches Muta enter the shop - we are shown a golden pig statue sitting on the ground being used as a door stop to hold the shop door open, you can see that it's head is angled so that it is pointed/looking to it's right (to the left from our perspective.) But in the next scene we see that the Pig's head is not angled to either side at all - and is instead shown looking straight ahead. See more »Quotes
Shizuku: [speaking to The Baron] Strange, its as if I have known you for a long time.See more »
Crazy Credits
In the credit, we can also see Shizuku and Seiji riding on a bicycle. See more »Soundtracks
"Take Me Home, Country Roads"Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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Mimi wo Sumaseba, (English title Whisper of the Heart) is a rich and wonderful film, worthy seeing again and again (and again). It's a reality-based love story between two bright middle-school students. Shizuku, 14, lives with her elder sister and parents in a typical apartment. She really enjoys reading and, as the film begins, she is working on a school project to translate the words to John Denver's song, Country Road. Seiji, 15, lives with his parents, but we see him only at his maternal grandfather's place-where he is studying to become a violin maker. The story is based around how they meet, how their relationship develops, and how Shizuku challenges herself to embark on a major writing project entitled Mimi wo Sumaseba. Along the way, we meet some very memorable characters-including an indifferent and overweight stray cat that seems to be pulling everyone together. Japan saw more of that cat last year, as he reappeared in Neko no Ongaeshi.
As is true for most of the films from Studio Ghibli, the artwork of this film is superb. The night scenes in the city, the flies dancing in the fluorescent lighting, and the startlingly realistic clutter of a typical urban Japanese family residence all are depicted in the first few minutes of the film-and the images don't let up all the way to the closing credits. While many viewers might see the film as near-perfect and give it a 10, I give this film a 9 out of 10 rating because I'm a guy and I don't like my tear ducts filling up with joy more than once in a film. I'll probably raise that to 10 after another viewing.