A young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Hotaru is rescued by a spirit when she gets lost in a forest as a child. The two become friends, despite the spirit revealing that he will disappear if he is ever touched by a human.
Director:
Takahiro Ômori
Stars:
Koki Uchiyama,
Ayane Sakura,
Shinpachi Tsuji
A piano prodigy who lost his ability to play after suffering a traumatic event in his childhood is forced back into the spotlight by an eccentric girl with a secret of her own.
When a young orphaned boy living on the streets of Shibuya stumbles upon a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by a gruff warrior beast looking for an apprentice.
Director:
Mamoru Hosoda
Stars:
John Swasey,
Randy E. Aguebor,
Felecia Angelle
Mitsuha is the daughter of the mayor of a small mountain town. She's a straightforward high school girl who lives with her sister and her grandmother and has no qualms about letting it be known that she's uninterested in Shinto rituals or helping her father's electoral campaign. Instead she dreams of leaving the boring town and trying her luck in Tokyo. Taki is a high school boy in Tokyo who works part-time in an Italian restaurant and aspires to become an architect or an artist. Every night he has a strange dream where he becomes...a high school girl in a small mountain town.Written by
Happy_Evil_Dude
Kuchikamizake quite appropriately means mouth-chewed sake in Japanese. See more »
Quotes
Yotsuha Miyamizu:
Why not sell lots of Kuchikamisake and use the money to go to Tokyo?
Mitsuha Miyamizu:
Where do you get such ideas?
Yotsuha Miyamizu:
Sell them with photos and making videos. Name it "Shrine Maiden's Sake". You'll make money.
Mitsuha Miyamizu:
Umm...
["Shrine Maiden's Sake" in her thought]
Mitsuha Miyamizu:
No! That breaks the Liquor Tax Law.
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Crazy Credits
At the end of the film, as both the lead characters simultaneously says "Your name...", the title of the film appears. See more »
Alternate Versions
Although the film was not released in India in an official Hindi dubbed version, a YouTube AnimeTM Dubbers has provided one(illegally) , with the credits showing the name of Hindi voice cast instead of the original. See more »
Much has been said about this great animation and most of it is true.
It is beautiful, tender, modern (watch the film and you will understand) and makes human love interesting again.
With that said, it is too bad that Hollywood has picked this up. Not that I will be watching that remake, but I cringe already at the thought of Hollywood hack and remake specialist giving this an American swirl. All the cliches of bad remaking and safe corporate changes will be applied. Aaaarrrggghh
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From an anime nonetheless.
Much has been said about this great animation and most of it is true. It is beautiful, tender, modern (watch the film and you will understand) and makes human love interesting again.
With that said, it is too bad that Hollywood has picked this up. Not that I will be watching that remake, but I cringe already at the thought of Hollywood hack and remake specialist giving this an American swirl. All the cliches of bad remaking and safe corporate changes will be applied. Aaaarrrggghh