The Garden of Words (2013)
Original title: 言の葉の庭
The Garden of Words is a 2013 Japanese-language animation movie directed by Makoto Shinkai, with a running time of 46m. It stars Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa and Fumi Hirano.
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. 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. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
Where to watch The Garden of Words
Stream: Criterion Channel, HiDive
Watch free: Kanopy
Official site
Cast
- Miyu Irino as Takao Akizuki (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Yukari Yukino (voice)
- Fumi Hirano as Takao's Mother (voice)
- Takeshi Maeda as Takao's Brother (voice)
- Yuka Terasaki as Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
- Takanori Hoshino as Teacher Itou (voice)
- Suguru Inoue as Matsumoto (voice)
- Megumi Han as Satou (voice)
- Mikako Komatsu as Aizawa (voice)
- Yuki Hayashi as Moriyama (voice)
- Wataru Sekine as Young Takao (voice)
- Risa Mizuno as News Announcer (voice)