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Title: The Garden of Words (2013)
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2 wins & 2 nominations.
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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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Kuniko Ishijima | ... | (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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Lost in life. Found in love. See more »Parents Guide:
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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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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 »Quotes
Takao Akizuki: In the evenings, before I went to sleep, and in the mornings, in the moment I woke up, I realized I was praying for rainSee 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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31 May 2013 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Such a Beautiful and romantic story and such a lovely animation.
I also like that the script is way against and out of norm with the mainstream. There is sexual tension and the teacher is as disenchanted as the student.
Love it.