A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
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Yoshifumi Kondô
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Yoko Honna | ... | Shizuku Tsukishima (voice) (as Youko Honna) |
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Takashi Tachibana | ... | Seiya Tsukishima (voice) |
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Shigeru Muroi | ... | Asako Tsukishima (voice) |
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Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | ... | The Baron (voice) |
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Keiju Kobayashi | ... | Shiro Nishi (voice) |
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Yorie Yamashita | ... | Shiho Tsukishima (voice) |
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Maiko Kayama | ... | Yuko Harada (voice) |
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Yoshimi Nakajima | ... | Sugimura (voice) |
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Minami Takayama | ... | Kosaka-sensei (voice) |
| Mayumi Izuka | ... | Kinuyo (voice) (as Mayumi Iizuka) | |
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Mai Chiba | ... | Nao (voice) |
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Satoru Takahashi | ... | (voice) |
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Akiko Sakaguchi | ... | (voice) |
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Hiromi Yasuda | ... | (voice) |
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A young Japanese middle school 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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studio ghibli | examination | elderly man | mockery | sister sister relationship |Taglines:
Suki na hito ga dekimashita!Parents Guide:
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Country:
JapanRelease Date:
13 December 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Whisper of the Heart See more »Edit
Box Office
Gross USA:
$498,156Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$585,013Company Credits
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Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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Trivia
When Shizuku is looking for a new book to read in the library, you can see on the bookshelf a book titled "Totoro", this is a reference to one of Hayao Miyazaki's earlier films My Neighbor Totoro (1988). 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, with its head angled so that it is looking to its 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: When the afternoon air currents mix, we can even touch the stars without fear!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 RoadsWritten by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
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This has to be one of the greatest, most inspiring films. The story's about a young girl and how she meets the boy of her dreams. It sounds rather cliché but it's actually off the beaten track. Even though the characters are in 8th grade, they're rather mature and understand the consequences of their actions. It's very heart warming and nice, and rather different, in a very good way, than what most people would think. You get to see the characters develop and go through crushes, friendships, and many other things that are just part of growing up. The best part is that the film makers don't exaggerate or make it over dramatic; they make it so that you care deeply for the characters and identify with what they're going through. The movie also has the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as it's main theme, and the characters even sing it in the movie in a moving scene. It may sound strange at first, but everything's very tastefully and well-done. The movie also makes one remember that dreams do come true, even when you least expect it, and that sometimes reality can be better than your greatest dreams; and in light of the times we're living in, it makes you appreciate the smaller but more important things in life.