A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.A modern action adventure road story where a 17-year-old girl named Suzume helps a mysterious young man close doors from the other side that are releasing disasters all over in Japan.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 30 nominations
Nanoka Hara
- Suzume Iwato
- (voice)
Eri Fukatsu
- Tamaki Iwato
- (voice)
Shôta Sometani
- Minoru Okabe
- (voice)
Sairi Itô
- Rumi Ninomiya
- (voice)
Kotone Hanase
- Chika Amabe
- (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
- Tsubame Iwato
- (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Tomoya Serizawa
- (voice)
- (as Ryûnosuke Kamiki)
Ann Yamane
- Daijin
- (voice)
Akari Miura
- Young Suzume
- (voice)
Nichole Sakura
- Suzume Iwato
- (English version)
- (voice)
Josh Keaton
- Sota Munakata
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jennifer Sun Bell
- Tamaki Iwato
- (English version)
- (voice)
Cam Clarke
- Hitsujiro Munakata
- (English version)
- (voice)
Roger Craig Smith
- Minoru Okabe
- (English version)
- (voice)
Bennett Abara
- Rumi Ninomiya
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Amanda Céline Miller)
Rosalie Chiang
- Chika Amabe
- (English version)
- (voice)
Allegra Clark
- Tsubame Iwato
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMakoto Shinkai cites the short story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" and the novel "Kafka on the Shore," both by Haruki Murakami, as well the anime film Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) as the main inspirations for this film.
- GoofsThe epicenter of the 2011 Touhoku earthquake was undersea, 45 miles off the East coast of Japan, so the worm couldn't possibly be responsible for it.
- Quotes
Singer: How much meaning must we overcome before we reach our destination?
- Crazy creditsThe title doesn't appear until around the 13-minute mark.
- ConnectionsFeatured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Animated Movies of 2023 (2023)
Featured review
Suzume is the latest Makoto Shinkai movie. This is the first one I was lucky enough to see in theaters, and it was well worth it. I consider myself a fan of Shinkai's work, even though I thought his last two entries were overrated. I do like Your Name, though I do think the film is overhyped. It's by no means a masterpiece, at least when it comes to the writing. But I thought the film was okay. I was not a fan of Weathering with You at all though. Ironically, I think some of his best works are his more obscure titles. 5 Centimeters Per Second is my all-time favorite of his. I really enjoy Children Who Chase Lost Voices and Garden of Words. I even like Voices of a Distant Star and The Place Promised in Our Early Days. So how does Suzume rank with all of those?
Well, like with all of Makoto Shinkai's films, the visuals and music are top tier. I don't think another anime director does background detail quite as good and real looking like Shinkai does. It looks even more impressive on the big screen. However, unlike the previous two films of his, I was much more into the story and characters here. I had no idea what this movie would be about going in, as the trailer kept everything vague and mysterious. But I found myself really liking the premise and the journey our main characters were on for the most part. I don't think there was any character in this I actively disliked either. With Your Name I found the lead characters great, but the writing and side characters were a mixed bag, especially in the third act. Other than looking and sounding amazing, like all Shinkai movies, I really liked nothing else about Weathering with You.
The main issue with the film is the romance, and by extension some of the padded scenes in the middle. I know supernatural romance stories are Shinkai's thing. Almost every film of his has a romance between the main leads. Sometimes the romance is done well like in Garden of Words and even Your Name. Here though it feels very rushed and forced because of just how many things are going on and just how many side characters introduced that Suzume interacts with. One of two things I feel needs to be changed here. Either cut down on all the subplots and side characters and focus more time on the two leads' relationship or just not have it be a romance. Like I said, I like all the side characters in this. But if Shinkai really wanted a romance between Suzume and the main male Souta, he really needed to focus more on developing that instead distracting from it with all these other B-plots. As it is, the two should have just been really good friends like the two leads in Children Who Chase Lost Voices were.
Overall, if you're a fan of Shinkai's work then this is a must watch. Even if you didn't care for his previous two films, you should still give this one a chance. It's not his best work in my opinion. I would still prefer Centimeters Per Second, Garden of Words, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices above this. Check those movies out too if you haven't. I'd give this one an 8 or 8.5 out of 10. That rating might go up or down depending on subsequent viewings. But right now, that's how I feel.
Well, like with all of Makoto Shinkai's films, the visuals and music are top tier. I don't think another anime director does background detail quite as good and real looking like Shinkai does. It looks even more impressive on the big screen. However, unlike the previous two films of his, I was much more into the story and characters here. I had no idea what this movie would be about going in, as the trailer kept everything vague and mysterious. But I found myself really liking the premise and the journey our main characters were on for the most part. I don't think there was any character in this I actively disliked either. With Your Name I found the lead characters great, but the writing and side characters were a mixed bag, especially in the third act. Other than looking and sounding amazing, like all Shinkai movies, I really liked nothing else about Weathering with You.
The main issue with the film is the romance, and by extension some of the padded scenes in the middle. I know supernatural romance stories are Shinkai's thing. Almost every film of his has a romance between the main leads. Sometimes the romance is done well like in Garden of Words and even Your Name. Here though it feels very rushed and forced because of just how many things are going on and just how many side characters introduced that Suzume interacts with. One of two things I feel needs to be changed here. Either cut down on all the subplots and side characters and focus more time on the two leads' relationship or just not have it be a romance. Like I said, I like all the side characters in this. But if Shinkai really wanted a romance between Suzume and the main male Souta, he really needed to focus more on developing that instead distracting from it with all these other B-plots. As it is, the two should have just been really good friends like the two leads in Children Who Chase Lost Voices were.
Overall, if you're a fan of Shinkai's work then this is a must watch. Even if you didn't care for his previous two films, you should still give this one a chance. It's not his best work in my opinion. I would still prefer Centimeters Per Second, Garden of Words, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices above this. Check those movies out too if you haven't. I'd give this one an 8 or 8.5 out of 10. That rating might go up or down depending on subsequent viewings. But right now, that's how I feel.
- mitchell5954
- Apr 14, 2023
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,932,037
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,001,705
- Apr 16, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $133,473,559
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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