The Garden of Words (2013)
Koto no ha no niwa (original title)Reference View | Change View
- TV-14
- 46min
- Animation, Drama
- 31 May 2013 (Brazil)
- Movie
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet mysterious woman. They strike an unlikely friendship.
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Awards:
- 2 wins & 2 nominations.
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Cast
| Miyu Irino | ... |
Takao Akizuki (voice)
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| Kana Hanazawa | ... |
Yukari Yukino (voice)
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| Fumi Hirano | ... |
Takao's Mother (voice)
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Gou Maeda | ... |
Takao no ani (voice)
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Takeshi Maeda | ... |
Takao's Brother (voice)
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Yuka Terasaki | ... |
Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
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Takanori Hoshino | ... |
Itou-sensei (voice)
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Suguru Inoue | ... |
Matsumoto (voice)
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| Megumi Han | ... |
Satou (voice)
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Mikako Komatsu | ... |
Aizawa (voice)
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Yûki Hayashi | ... |
Moriyama (voice)
(as Yuki Hayashi)
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Wataru Sekine | ... |
Young Takao (voice)
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Risa Mizuno | ... |
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Hiroshi Shimozaki | ... |
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Kuniko Ishijima | ... |
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Taishi Murata | ... |
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Azusa Tadokoro | ... |
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| Crash Buist | ... |
Takao's Brother (voice)
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| Shelley Calene-Black | ... |
Takao's Mother (voice)
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Amar Kumar Dang |
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| Shannon Emerick | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Maggie Flecknoe | ... |
Yukari Yukino (voice)
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| Hilary Haag | ... |
Aizawa (voice)
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Shannon Nicole Hill | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
(as Shannon Hill)
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| Brittney Karbowski | ... |
Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
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Wendy Martin | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Kalob Martinez | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| David Matranga | ... |
Mr. Ito (voice)
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| Patrick Poole | ... |
Takao Akizuki (voice)
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Summar Salah | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Andrea Schutter | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Blake Shepard | ... |
Young Takao (voice)
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| Allison L. Sumrall | ... |
Sato (voice)
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Mike Yager | ... |
Matsumoto (voice)
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Directed by
| Makoto Shinkai | ||
Written by
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | (original story) |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | (screenplay) |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
| David Del Rio | ... | producer (2013) |
| Kôichirô Itô | ... | line producer (as Kouichirou Itou) |
| Noritaka Kawaguchi | ... | producer: Shinkai Creative |
| Kôhei Kenmotsu | ... | production producer (as Kohei Kenmotsu) |
| Yukari Kiso | ... | line producer |
| John Ledford | ... | executive producer (2013) / producer (2013) |
| Yûichi Sakai | ... | line producer (as Yuuichi Sakai) |
| Yukari Sogi | ... | production producer |
| Eiichi Takahashi | ... | executive producer |
Music by
| Daisuke Kashiwa | ||
Cinematography by
| Makoto Shinkai | ||
Editing by
| Makoto Shinkai | ||
Editorial Department
| Ichita Hattori | ... | on-line editor |
| Akimitsu Takayama | ... | lab manager |
Casting By
| Ai Niinuma | ||
| Sawako Todoroki | ||
Art Direction by
| Hiroshi Takiguchi | ||
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | unit director |
| Makoto Ôga | ... | assistant unit director (as Makoto Oga) |
Art Department
| Yôko Miki | ... | color key (as Yoko Miki) |
| Reiko Sekine | ... | assistant color designer (as Rieko Sekine) |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | color key / storyboard artist |
| Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | ... | poster artwork |
| Chika Totsuka | ... | assistant color designer |
Sound Department
| Steven Foster | ... | adr director |
| Naomi Fujita | ... | recording assistant |
| Eiko Morikawa | ... | sound effects |
| Hideaki Ogata | ... | sound effects assistant |
| Haru Yamada | ... | sound director (as Yô Yamada) / sound mixer (as Yô Yamada) |
| Daiki Yamaki | ... | recording |
Visual Effects by
| Kanji Kawai | ... | 3dcg effects (as Kanji Kawaai) |
| Yoshitaka Takeuchi | ... | 3d cg chief |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Hitomi Fukuzawa | ... | photographer |
| Airi Ichikawa | ... | photography assistant |
| Jumi Lee | ... | photographer |
| Yôko Miki | ... | photography chief (as Yoko Miki) |
| Chihiro Omi | ... | photography assistant |
Animation Department
| Young Ae Ahn | ... | digital painter |
| Mari Aizawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yuka Aoki | ... | digital painter |
| Chitose Asakura | ... | background artist |
| Mi Ran Bang | ... | digital painter |
| Jin-Seon Byeon | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hyun Ju Cha | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yeon Kyung Chae | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yûdai Chiba | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mi Kyung Choi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Soo Kyung Choi | ... | digital painter |
| Sang Dinh | ... | background artist |
| Khuong Doan | ... | background artist |
| Jang Ye Eun | ... | inbetween artist |
| Jeon Ju Eun | ... | digital painter |
| Azusa Fujita | ... | inbetween artist |
| Naoki Fukutani | ... | digital painter |
| Naoko Gono | ... | digital painter |
| Ja Cheon Gu | ... | inbetween artist |
| Dung Ha | ... | background artist |
| Ayako Hagiwara | ... | digital painter |
| Miyuki Hamada | ... | digital painter |
| Song Hee Han | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiroko Hayashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kaori Hayashi | ... | key animator |
| Kôsuke Hayashi | ... | background artist (as Kosuke Hayashi) |
| Yukiko Hida | ... | digital painter |
| Atsuko Hikimoto | ... | inbetween artist |
| Sayuri Honda | ... | background artist |
| Rie Horinouchi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshiko Hoshi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Naoto Hosoda | ... | key animator |
| Mai Ichioka | ... | background artist |
| Maiko Ikeda | ... | background artist |
| Tomomi Ishihara | ... | digital painter |
| Tomoko Isobe | ... | digital painter |
| Ikumi Itô | ... | digital painter |
| Taisuke Iwasaki | ... | key animator |
| Kaori Izumiya | ... | background artist |
| Ah Young Jeong | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hye Ra Jeong | ... | digital painter |
| Hyo Myung Joo | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mi Young Kang | ... | inbetween artist |
| Miki Katô | ... | background artist (as Miki Kato) |
| Nobuhiro Kawabe | ... | inbetween artist |
| Mamoru Kawano | ... | digital painter |
| Shôgo Kikuchi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Eun-Hee Kim | ... | digital painter (as Eun-hee Kim) |
| Hyun Suk Kim | ... | digital painter |
| Jeong Soon Kim | ... | inbetween artist |
| Jeong-Ran Kim | ... | inbetween artist |
| Jong Gyu Kim | ... | inbetween artist |
| Min Jeong Kim | ... | digital painter |
| Seon Mi Kim | ... | digital painter |
| Young Min Kim | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yun Hee Kim | ... | inbetween artist |
| Michi Kishino | ... | key animator |
| Marie Kitai | ... | background artist |
| Seigo Kitazawa | ... | key animator |
| Mariko Kohara | ... | background artist |
| Mikako Kunii | ... | inbetween artist |
| Shiho Kuriki | ... | color designer/cel checker |
| Arisa Kuroda | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tomoko Kuroki | ... | digital painter |
| Chiharu Kôtaki | ... | digital painter |
| Dong Hee Lee | ... | digital painter |
| Hye Kyung Lee | ... | inbetween artist |
| Moon Gyeong Lee | ... | digital painter |
| Myung Jun Lee | ... | digital painter |
| Seon Joo Lee | ... | digital painter |
| Yeon Yoo Lee | ... | digital painter |
| Akiko Majima | ... | background artist |
| Kiyoka Makino | ... | inbetween artist |
| Suzuko Mano | ... | inbetween artist |
| Chie Maruyama | ... | key animator |
| Yuki Masutani | ... | inbetween artist |
| Aya Matsubayashi | ... | digital painter |
| Yoshikatsu Matsumoto | ... | background artist |
| Emi Matsunaga | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tôru Minatani | ... | background artist (as Tooru Minatani) |
| Kaori Miyagawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kiyomi Miyakawa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Aiko Mizuno | ... | digital painter |
| Seong Hye Moon | ... | digital painter |
| Shigeru Morimoto | ... | background artist |
| Rie Mukai | ... | inbetween artist |
| Satsuki Muramatsu | ... | inbetween artist |
| Chie Nagano | ... | inbetween artist |
| Junko Nagasawa | ... | background artist |
| Kaori Nakahira | ... | digital painter |
| Yoshiki Nakakôji | ... | inbetween artist (as Yoshiki Nakakouji) |
| Hoa Nguyen | ... | background artist |
| Huy Nguyen | ... | background artist |
| Truong Nguyen | ... | background artist |
| Xuan Nguyen | ... | background artist |
| Takayo Nishimura | ... | key animator |
| Yukie Nishimura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hironori Nochi | ... | digital painter |
| Masanobu Nomura | ... | background artist |
| Misako Nomura | ... | digital painter |
| Jeong Hye Oh | ... | digital painter |
| Kyung Hee Oh | ... | digital painter |
| Mariko Ohara | ... | background artist |
| Masaru Okuwaki | ... | inbetween artist |
| Emiko Onodera | ... | digital painter |
| Hee Jeong Park | ... | inbetween artist |
| Jin Hee Park | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tomoko Saitô | ... | digital painter |
| Yûta Sakaino | ... | digital painter |
| Azusa Sakuma | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yuki Satou | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiroyuki Satô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kyôko Satô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yuki Satô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kiyoka Sawada | ... | digital painter |
| Yun Ju Seo | ... | inbetween artist |
| Miyuki Shibazaki | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hyun Jung Shin | ... | digital painter |
| Jin Eun Shin | ... | inbetween artist |
| Makoto Shinkai | ... | background artist |
| Aiko Shinohara | ... | digital painter |
| Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | ... | background artist |
| Akiyoshi Sueshige | ... | digital painter |
| Kaori Suzuki | ... | inbetween checker |
| Michie Suzuki | ... | background artist |
| Kana Sôma | ... | digital painter |
| Kô Takahashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Naoko Takashita | ... | digital painter |
| Kazuyoshi Takeuchi | ... | key animator |
| Hiroshi Takiguchi | ... | background artist |
| Kaoru Takino | ... | background artist |
| Chiharu Tamaki | ... | digital painter |
| Etsuko Tamakoshi | ... | inbetween checker |
| Ritsuko Tanaka | ... | inbetween artist |
| Uta Tanaka | ... | digital painter |
| Ritsuko Taniguchi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Takumi Tanji | ... | background artist |
| Kumiko Terada | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yûho Tomozawa | ... | background artist (as Yuho Tomozawa) |
| Ken'ichi Tsuchiya | ... | animation director (as Kenichi Tsuchiya) / character designer (as Kenichi Tsuchiya) / key animator (as Kenichi Tsuchiya) |
| Leonardo Ken Usami | ... | background artist |
| Ngoc Vo | ... | background artist |
| Chuyen Vu | ... | background artist |
| Keiko Watanabe | ... | digital painter |
| Tasuku Watanabe | ... | background artist |
| Yûji Watanabe | ... | key animator (as Yuji Watanabe) |
| Sanae Yamamoto | ... | key animator |
| Tomoko Yamamoto | ... | digital painter |
| Kanako Yamazaki | ... | digital painter |
| Hyo Jung Yang | ... | inbetween artist |
| Takayuki Yokose | ... | digital painter |
| Ja Young Yoo | ... | inbetween artist |
| Soo Ok Yoo | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiromi Yoshikawa | ... | background artist |
| Yumiko Ôasa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kanako Ôshiro | ... | digital painter |
| Akiko Ôtsuka | ... | inbetween artist |
Casting Department
| Ai Niinuma | ... | casting |
| Sawako Todoroki | ... | casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Nana Minamoto | ... | costume research |
Music Department
| Ryoji Chimura | ... | artist producer: ending theme |
| Motohiro Hata | ... | acoustic guitar: ending theme / chorus: ending theme / vocals: ending theme |
| Hiroshi Hiranuma | ... | music recording & mixing: ending theme |
| Shin'ya Horikoshi | ... | manager: ending theme |
| Daisuke Kashiwa | ... | recording and mixing engineer / recording/mixing engineer |
| Noriyasu Kawamura | ... | drums: ending theme (as Noriyaku 'Kaasuke' Kawamura) |
| Masato Minagawa | ... | piano: ending theme / wurlitzer: ending theme |
| Tomoe Miyasaka | ... | director: ending theme |
| Yukihiro Mori | ... | manager: ending theme |
| Yukio Nagoshi | ... | electric guitar: ending theme |
| Etsuko Noguchi | ... | a&r: ending theme |
| Tomohiro Ogawa | ... | music producer |
| Mio Okamura | ... | musician: violin |
| Mio Okamura Strings | ... | strings: ending theme |
| Hideaki Takahashi | ... | music supervisor |
| Atsushi Takemura | ... | a&r: ending theme |
| Seigen Tokuzawa | ... | musician: cello |
| Hiroo Yamaguchi | ... | bass: ending theme |
| Tetsuya Yamamoto | ... | recording engineer |
| Kazuya Yoshimi | ... | 5.1ch mixing engineer |
Additional Crew
| Satoru Aoki | ... | overseas advertising |
| Maizumi Date | ... | publicist |
| Tomoko Hazuma | ... | advertising producer |
| Yasunori Higashide | ... | official website production |
| Tadashi Hisamichi | ... | title logo/ad designer |
| Yûta Hori | ... | production assistant |
| Madoka Iki | ... | designer: Takao's shoes |
| Momoka Kodatsuki | ... | publicist |
| Taisa Koizumi | ... | theater sales |
| Hiroyuki Koreeda | ... | advertising producer |
| Taisuke Kurata | ... | financing |
| Kaoru Kurazumi | ... | production collaborator |
| Chieko Misaka | ... | production collaborator |
| Hidetatsu Misawa | ... | production collaborator |
| Hiroto Morinaga | ... | production assistant |
| Hiromichi Nakajima | ... | official website production |
| Takashi Nakame | ... | production assistant |
| Chiharu Ochiai | ... | title logo/ad designer |
| Shinji Okamoto | ... | production assistant |
| Wakana Okamura | ... | advertising producer |
| Yukiko Sarutani | ... | publicist |
| Takahiro Shigetome | ... | official website production |
| Ryô Shimoyama | ... | advertising producer |
| Yoshitoshi Shinomiya | ... | poster illustrator |
| Kazuki Sunami | ... | overseas advertising |
| Mariko Takeda | ... | accountant |
| Seiko Tsuchihashi | ... | title logo/ad designer |
| Atsushi Umeda | ... | official website production |
| Mizuo Watanabe | ... | publicity writer |
| Nobumasa Yamashita | ... | theater sales |
| Makoto Ôno | ... | production collaborator |
Thanks
| Sahoko Abe | ... | thanks |
| Yoshihiro Furusawa | ... | special thanks |
| Sa Ae Hyun | ... | special thanks |
| Yukari Ishii | ... | thanks |
| Noriyuki Kagami | ... | thanks |
| Shinta Kanô | ... | thanks |
| Minako Katagiri | ... | thanks |
| Yutaka Kawamura | ... | thanks |
| Tomoko Koarata | ... | thanks |
| Shingo Kunieda | ... | special thanks |
| Masaru | ... | thanks |
| Keisuke Muraoka | ... | thanks |
| Yûji Saitô | ... | thanks (as Yuji Saito) |
| Yasuhiko Sekiguchi | ... | thanks |
| Tatsuya Shishikura | ... | thanks |
| Taizo Son | ... | special thanks |
| Naohiro Tafu | ... | special thanks (as Naohiro Futono) |
| Kiko Watanabe | ... | thanks |
| Akihiro Yamauchi | ... | special thanks |
| Mitsugu Ôhashi | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- CoMix Wave
- Nova Media (Korean version)
Distributors
- Toho (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Selecta Visión (2017) (Spain) (theatrical)
- CoMix Wave Films (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
- Leonine Distribution (2022) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Leonine Distribution (2022) (Germany) (DVD)
- Reanimedia (2013) (Russia)
- Section 23 Films (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Selecta Visión (2013) (Portugal)
- Selecta Visión (2013) (Spain)
- Sentai Filmworks (2013) (United States) (licensed by)
- The Criterion Channel (2024) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
- Toho Video (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- A.P.P.P. (production support)
- Albion (production assistance)
- Anime Kobo Basara (production support)
- Anime Workshop Basara (production assistance)
- Ariola Japan (ending theme)
- Asahi Production (production assistance)
- Atelier Rourke 07 (production assistance)
- Augasta Records (ending theme)
- Balance Entertainment (special cooperation)
- Bihou (production support)
- Chura Sound (production assistance)
- CoMix Wave (funding)
- Diana (costume design)
- Fila (costume design)
- Hive (advertising assistance)
- Hosoiri Works (costume design)
- IMAGIN (production assistance)
- Inspired (production assistance)
- Iwanami Shoten (production cooperation)
- Joint (advertising assistance)
- Kôdansha (cooperation)
- Kôdansha (production cooperation)
- Light Foot (production support)
- M.S.C. (production support)
- Maruman (production cooperation)
- Nelke Planning Company (production support)
- Nomura Real Estate Development (production cooperation)
- Office Augusta Co. Ltd. (ending theme)
- Orange Animation Studio (production support)
- Prime Sound Studio Forum (ending theme)
- Production AI (production support)
- Rironsha Children's Books (production cooperation)
- Sakura Create (production support)
- Sankousha Company (production support)
- Shadow Shoes (production support)
- Shinchosha (production cooperation)
- Sony Music Artists (ending theme)
- Sony Music Artists (production support)
- Sound Crew Studio (music 5.1ch mixing studio)
- Sound Team Don Juan (production support)
- Studio Cockpit (production support)
- Studio Comet (production assistance)
- Studio Don Juan (recording studio)
- Studio Easter (production assistance)
- Studio Elle (production assistance)
- Studio Flat Meguro Sôko (music recording studio)
- Studio Flat (music mixing studio)
- Studio Takuranke (production support)
- Studio Toys (production assistance)
- Taisei I (production cooperation)
- Tatsunoko Production (production assistance)
- Telecom Animation Film (production assistance)
- The Answer Studio (animation production assistance)
- Trans Continents (costume design)
- White Line (production assistance)
- Z-Kai (production cooperation)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Takao, who dreams of becoming a shoemaker, skips school and is sketching shoes in a garden in the middle of Tokyo. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. Written by unknown |
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| Taglines | A rendezvous on rainy days... A tale of longing, even older than love... Discover the emotions that blossom in the Garden of Words. See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | According to Makoto Shinkai, the film's central theme is loneliness. This was inspired by the Man'yoshu, Japan's oldest collection of poems; in that volume, love was represented by the word "koi", or "lonely sadness"; more accurately, a longing for someone in solitude. Shinkai described the film as a love story towards people who feel lonely or incomplete in their social relations, but who don't feel that they need to fix this loneliness. See more » |
| Goofs | During the last scene after the credits, especially 45:35, there are no footprints from outside towards the sunshade. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Most Beautiful Animated Movies (2022). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Rain See more » |
| Crazy Credits | There is a final scene after the credits. See more » |
| Quotes |
Takao Akizuki:
A faint clap of thunder / Even if rain comes or not / I will stay here / Together with you. See more » |