A 15-year-old boy and 27-year-old woman find an unlikely friendship one rainy day in the Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
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| Miyu Irino | ... | Takao Akizuki (voice) | |
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Kana Hanazawa | ... | Yukari Yukino (voice) |
| 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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Yuki Hayashi | ... | Moriyama (voice) |
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Wataru Sekine | ... | Young Takao (voice) |
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Risa Mizuno | ... | (voice) |
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Hiroshi Shimozaki | ... | (voice) |
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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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Lyrics and Music by Senri Oe
Performed by Motohiro Hata
Arrangement: Makoto Minagawa. Akifumi Tada
© 1988 by Sony Music Artists Inc.
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Director Makoto Shinkai and Yukino's voice actress Kana Hanazawa could relate with Yukino in not feeling as smart or mature at age 27, stating, "We're all still just children at age 27." See more »Quotes
Takao Akizuki: I realize now, I was learning how to walk as well. I haven't mastered the steps, I fall too. But I'm on my path, MY path, and one day that path, will take me to her.See more »
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RainLyrics and Music by Senri Oe
Performed by Motohiro Hata
Arrangement: Makoto Minagawa. Akifumi Tada
© 1988 by Sony Music Artists Inc.
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With it's short length of only 45 minutes, it's hard to call this a full movie - although don't let that deter you, as it's still better than most that I have seen, anime or otherwise.
When you hear about this movie one of the things that get repeated mention is it's visuals, and I concur. It's probably the most well made anime from a visuals standpoint.
The story isn't bad either, for only 45 minutes it sets up and tell a surprisingly deep and moving story. It is simplistic storytelling, but still very powerful. It is somewhat reminiscent of one of the director's previous films, 5 Centimetres Per Second, in that it uses a similarly "simple" story but one that relates strongly to emotions and situations felt by normal human beings. I also think this is a great movie to show people who normally don't like anime, as anime very often have different storytelling than I think many are used to. This one is more grounded without many of the "fantasy" elements that most anime's have.
The plot summary on IMDb do just fine setting up the story so I wont bother explaining it, it would just be redundant.