The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) Kari-gurashi no Arietti (original title)

Director:

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Writers:

Mary Norton (novel)
Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ningen ni mirare te wa ikenai. Sore ga yukashita no kodomo-tachi no okite datta. (Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.)

Plot:

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Japan | Little People | Modern Day | Foreign Language Adaptation

Awards:

4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Moises Arias	...	Spiller (voice: US version)
Will Arnett	...	Pod (voice: US version)
Carol Burnett	...	Hara (voice: US version)
David Henrie	...	Shawn (voice: US version)
Bridgit Mendler	...	Arrietty (voice: US version)
Amy Poehler	...	Homily (voice: US version)
Shin'ichi Hatori	...	TV Announcer (voice)
Saoirse Ronan	...	Arrietty (voice: UK version)
Tom Holland	...	Shô (voice: UK version)
Luke Allen-Gale	...	Spiller (voice: UK version)
Olivia Colman	...	Homily (voice: UK version)
Mark Strong	...	Pod (voice: UK version)
Phyllida Law	...	Sadako (voice: UK version)
Geraldine McEwan	...	Haru (voice: UK version)
Ray Gillon	...	Additional Voices (voice: UK version)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Alpert	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Spiller (voice)
Peter Jason	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Ryûnosuke Kamiki	...	Shou (voice)
Kirin Kiki	...	Haru (voice)
Karey Kirkpatrick	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Frank Marshall	...	Additional Voices (voice: US version)
Tomokazu Miura	...	Pod (voice)
Shinobu Ohtake	...	Homily (voice)
Gracie Poletti	...	Aunt Jessica (voice: US version)
Mirai Shida	...	Arrietty (voice)
Dale Sison	...	Harachi (voice: US version)
Keiko Takeshita	...	Sadako (voice)

Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Writing credits
Mary Norton		(novel "The Borrowers")
Hayao Miyazaki		(screenplay) &
Keiko Niwa		(screenplay)

Produced by
Soledad Gatti-Pascual	....	producer (UK Version)
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer (English language version)
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer (English language version)
Hayao Miyazaki	....	executive producer
Toshio Suzuki	....	producer

Original Music by
Cécile Corbel

Cinematography by
Atsushi Okui		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Rie Matsuhara		(as Rie Matsubara)

Art Direction by
Yôji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida

Production Management
Hannah Cook	....	production manager: UK

Art Department
Hiromasa Yonebayashi	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
James Glenton	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Koji Kasamatsu	....	sound designer
Eriko Kimura	....	foley recordist
Gary Rydstrom	....	adr director

Animation Department
Shigeo Akahori	....	key animator
Yuuko Azuma	....	key animator
Ryouma Ebata	....	key animator
Kaori Fujii	....	inbetween checker
Hiroki Fujiwara	....	key animator
Shôgo Furuya	....	key animator
Makiko Futaki	....	key animator
Hideki Hamazu	....	key animator (as Hideki Hamasu)
Shunsuke Hirota	....	assistant animation director
Takeshi Imamura	....	key animator
Asami Ishikado	....	key animator
Megumi Kagawa	....	animation director
Emi Kamiishi	....	key animator
Keiko Kato	....	key animator
Takashi Kawaguchi	....	key animator
Katsuya Kondô	....	key animator
Fumie Konno	....	key animator
Masahiko Kubo	....	key animator
Ryoji Masuyama	....	key animator
Mariko Matsuo	....	key animator
Tomoko Miura	....	key animator
Yasuo Muroi	....	key animator
Satoshi Nagura	....	key animator
Katsutoshi Nakamura	....	assistant animation director
Manabu Nakatake	....	key animator
Rie Nishino	....	key animator
Reiko Nozaki	....	key animator
Minoru Ohashi	....	key animator
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	assistant animation director
Kiyotaka Oshiyama	....	key animator
Shinji Otsuka	....	key animator
Miwa Sasaki	....	key animator
Masako Sato	....	key animator
Yoshiharu Sato	....	key animator
Emiko Shimura	....	key animator
Makiko Suzuki	....	key animator
Mariko Suzuki	....	assistant inbetween checker
Moyo Takahashi	....	key animator
Atsushi Tamura	....	key animator
Atsuko Tanaka	....	key animator
Kôichi Usami	....	key animator
Ken'ichi Yamada	....	key animator
Shinichiro Yamada	....	key animator
Atsushi Yamagata	....	assistant animation director
Eiji Yamamori	....	key animator
Akihiko Yamashita	....	animation director
Masafumi Yokota	....	assistant animation director
Hideaki Yoshio	....	key animator

Casting Department
Shaheen Baig	....	casting: uk

Editorial Department
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer

Music Department
Simon Caby	....	composer: theme music
Cécile Corbel	....	composer: theme music
Yôko Ihira	....	lyrics
Dale Sison	....	musician

Other crew
Karey Kirkpatrick	....	english adaptation
Hayao Miyazaki	....	planner
Gary Rydstrom	....	director: English dub
Noriko Takaya	....	harmony process

Production Companies

• Studio Ghibli (animation production)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment
• Dentsu
• Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
• Mitsubishi Shoji
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
• Toho Company
• Walt Disney Company

Distributors

• Toho Company (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Atlantis Entertainment (2011) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Cinema Mondo (2011) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2010) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2011) (Spain) (all media)
• CJ Entertainment (2010) (South Korea) (all media)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2011-2012) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• Intercontinental Video (2011) (Hong Kong) (video)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (all media)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (2011) (Japan) (TV)
• StudioCanal (2012) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2011) (Japan) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (video)

Other Companies

• Continental Far East  Dolby consultant
• DTS  DTS mastering consultant
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Imagica  digital film recording
• Imagica  prints
• MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings  special support (as MS&AD Holdings)
• POP Sound  ADR Recording (English-dubbed version)
• Tokyo TV Center  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

"Kari-gurashi no Arietti" - Japan (original title)
"The Borrower Arrietty" - International (English title) (literal English title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat | SDDS

Certification:

South Korea:All | Japan:G | Hong Kong:I | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:o.Al. | Ireland:G | Netherlands:9 | UK:U | USA:G | Finland:K-3 | Singapore:G | Australia:G | Canada:G (Ontario)

Company:

Studio Ghibli

Trivia:

At 36 years old Hiromasa Yonebayashi, was the youngest person to direct a film for Studio Ghibli.

Goofs:

Continuity: Haru locks Shô's bedroom door while Shô is inside. Arietty enters through the window. Shô finds out the door is locked, so he escapes with Arietty out the window and re-enters the house via the adjacent room's window. Shô later returns to his bedroom (plausibly again via the other room) but he hasn't been seen taking any keys nor did he appear to have had the opportunity to take the keys, so the door should still be locked. When Haru and Sadako later go to the bedroom, they open the door without having to unlock it.

Quotes:

Arietty:I have to go. When is your operation?
Shô:The day after tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. You gave me the courage to live.
Arietty:[Unclipping the pin from her hair & giving it to Shawn] For luck.
Shô:Thanks.
Arietty:[Now crying] You protected me after all.
Shô:Arrietty...
Arietty:I hope you have the best life ever. Goodbye.
Shô:Arrietty, you're a part of me now. I'll never forget you, ever.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Maltin on Movies: This Means War (#1.63)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Arrietty's Song

Beautiful and Melancholic Tale of Friendship between Different Ones

In Tokyo, the boy Sho has a heart condition and is neglected by his parents. He moves to the house of his Aunt Sadako and her housemaid Haru to wait for a heart surgery, but he is depressed with the absence of his mother.

Meanwhile the fourteen-year-old Arrietty lives on the underground of Sadako's house with her father Pad and her hysterical mother Homily. They are Borrowers, tiny people that collect simple things they need in the house. Sho sees Arrietty on the garden and during the night, she participates for the first time of a harvest with her father. Arrietty accidentally drops a sugar cube in Sho's bedroom, but on the next morning Sho leaves the cube near a window in the basement.

Arrietty's parents decide to move to another place since they have been discovered by an inhabitant of the house. But there is the menace of Haru that wants to capture the tiny people.

"Kari-gurashi no Arietti" is a beautiful and melancholic tale of friendship between different ones. Arrietty is a lovely and sweet character and it is impossible not falling in love with her. The conclusion is open despite the message of hope, since the fates of Sho and Arrierry and her family are inconclusive. We hope that the boy recovers from his heart surgery and Arriety and her parents find a new home. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Mundo dos Pequeninos" ("the World of the Little Ones")