The Garden of Words (2013)
The Garden of Words (2013)
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Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
![Miyu Irino](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20039-miyu-irino.webp)
Miyu Irino
Takao Akizuki
![Kana Hanazawa](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22694-kana-hanazawa.webp)
Kana Hanazawa
Yukari Yukino
![Fumi Hirano](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24721-fumi-hirano.webp)
Fumi Hirano
Takao's Mother
![Yuka Terasaki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9464-yuka-terasaki.webp)
Yuka Terasaki
Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
![Takeshi Maeda](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/158180-takeshi-maeda.webp)
Takeshi Maeda
Takao's Brother
![Takanori Hoshino](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20514-takanori-hoshino.webp)
Takanori Hoshino
Itou-sensei
![Suguru Inoue](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/158179-suguru-inoue.webp)
Suguru Inoue
Matsumoto
![Megumi Han](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20517-megumi-han.webp)
Megumi Han
Satou
![Yuki Hayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/653809-yuki-hayashi.webp)
Yuki Hayashi
Moriyama (voice)
![Wataru Sekine](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wataru Sekine
Young Takao (voice)
![Mikako Komatsu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26896-mikako-komatsu.webp)
Mikako Komatsu
Aizawa
![Makoto Shinkai](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/30581-makoto-shinkai.webp)
Makoto Shinkai
Director
![Risa Mizuno](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38547-risa-mizuno.webp)
Risa Mizuno
News Announcer (voice)
![Hiroshi Shimozaki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38549-hiroshi-shimozaki.webp)
Hiroshi Shimozaki
(voice)
![Kuniko Ishijima](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kuniko Ishijima
(voice)
![David Del Rio](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/7152-david-del-rio.webp)
David Del Rio
Producer
![Taishi Murata](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/157696-taishi-murata.webp)
Taishi Murata
(voice)
![John Ledford](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Ledford
Producer
![Azusa Tadokoro](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23668-azusa-tadokoro.webp)
Azusa Tadokoro
(voice)
![Daisuke Kashiwa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Daisuke Kashiwa
Composer
![Hiroshi Takiguchi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hiroshi Takiguchi
Art Direction / Background Designer
![Kenichi Tsuchiya](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kenichi Tsuchiya
Character Designer / Animation Director / Key Animation
![Ai Niinuma](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ai Niinuma
CastingDirector
![Haru Yamada](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1106089-haru-yamada.webp)
Haru Yamada
Sound Director
![Sawako Todoroki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sawako Todoroki
CastingDirector
![Noritaka Kawaguchi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172831-noritaka-kawaguchi.webp)
Noritaka Kawaguchi
Producer
![Yoko Miki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1131471-youko-miki.webp)
Yoko Miki
Color Designer
![Eiko Morikawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eiko Morikawa
Sound Effects
![Motohiro Hata](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1175222-motohiro-hata.webp)
Motohiro Hata
Theme Song Performance
![Yoshitoshi Shinomiya](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1131463-yoshitoshi-shinomiya.webp)
Yoshitoshi Shinomiya
Background Designer
![Nguyen Hoa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nguyen Hoa
Background Designer
![Marie Kitai](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marie Kitai
Background Designer
![Kosuke Hayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kosuke Hayashi
Background Designer
![Leonardo Ken Usami](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Leonardo Ken Usami
Background Designer
![Naoto Hosoda](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Naoto Hosoda
Key Animation
![Daiki Hachimaki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Daiki Hachimaki
Sound Recordist
![Kaoru Takino](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kaoru Takino
Background Designer
![Kaori Izumiya](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kaori Izumiya
Background Designer
![Tasuku Watanabe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tasuku Watanabe
Background Designer
![Sayuri Honda](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sayuri Honda
Background Designer
![Takumi Tanji](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Takumi Tanji
Background Designer
![Akiko Majima](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Akiko Majima
Background Designer
![Mariko Kohara](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mariko Kohara
Background Designer
![Maiko Ikeda](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maiko Ikeda
Background Designer
![Yuho Tomozawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yuho Tomozawa
Background Designer
![Mai Ichioka](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Mai Ichioka
Background Designer
![Michie Suzuki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michie Suzuki
Background Designer
![Masanobu Nomura](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Masanobu Nomura
Background Designer
![Dinh Sang](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dinh Sang
Background Designer
![Chitose Asakura](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chitose Asakura
Background Designer
![Junko Nagasawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Junko Nagasawa
Background Designer
![Hiromi Yoshikawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hiromi Yoshikawa
Background Designer
![Toru Minatani](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Toru Minatani
Background Designer
![Shigeru Morimoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Shigeru Morimoto
Background Designer
![Miki Kato](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Miki Kato
Background Designer
![Yoshikatsu Matsumoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
Background Designer
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Details.
Release DateMay 31, 2013
Original Name言の葉の庭
StatusReleased
Running Time46m
Content RatingPG-13
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
The Garden of Words (Japanese: 言の葉の庭, Hepburn: Kotonoha no Niwa) is a 2013 Japanese anime drama film written, directed and edited by Makoto Shinkai, animated by CoMix Wave Films and distributed by Toho. It stars Miyu Irino and Kana Hanazawa, and features music by Daisuke Kashiwa instead of Tenmon, who had composed the music for many of Shinkai's previous films. The theme song, "Rain", was originally written and performed by Senri Oe in 1988, but was remade for the film and was sung by Motohiro Hata. The film was made into a manga, with illustrations by Midori Motohashi, and later novelized by Shinkai, both in the same year as the film.
The film focuses on Takao Akizuki, an aspiring 15-year-old shoemaker, and Yukari Yukino, a mysterious 27-year-old woman he keeps meeting at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden on rainy mornings. While Takao is skipping his morning class to design shoes, Yukari is avoiding work due to personal problems in her professional life. Yukari tells Takao nothing about herself, including her name, while Takao opens up to her, sharing his passion for shoes by offering to make a pair for her. When Takao learns Yukari's identity, emotions come to a head as both learn that they have been teaching each other "how to walk". Shinkai wrote the story as a tale of "lonely sadness", based on the meaning of the traditional Japanese word for "love", and uses shoes as a metaphor for life. The story's motifs include rain, Man'yōshū poetry, and the Japanese garden. The age difference between the two main characters and their character traits demonstrate how awkwardly and disjointedly people mature, where even adults sometimes feel no more mature than teenagers, according to Shinkai.
The Garden of Words premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival in Australia on April 28, 2013 and had its general release on May 31, 2013 in Japan. For the Japanese premiere, the film was screened with an animated short called Dareka no Manazashi (だれかのまなざし, lit. Someone's Gaze), also directed by Shinkai. The Garden of Words had an unusual release schedule since it was released digitally on iTunes the same day as the Japanese theatrical premier, and its DVD and Blu-ray were released while the film was still in theaters, on June 21. The film has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America, Anime Limited in the UK, and Madman Entertainment in Australia. The film performed well in theaters for an extended period of time and was hosted at many local and international film events. It ranked highly on iTunes Store during 2013 and was selected as the Year's Best Animation in iTunes' Best of 2013. It won the 2013 Kobe Theatrical Film Award and awards at the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film. Online reviews were generally favorable with universal praise of the art, though opinions were mixed regarding the story's length, plot and emotional climax.
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