Shizuku is spending her last summer vacation in junior high school, reading and translating lyrics of popular foreign music into Japanese, daydreaming of becoming a writer. Lately she finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy, Seiji Amasawa - Shizuku wonders what kind .. Read more
| Starring | Issei Takahashi, Youko Honna, Keiju Kobayashi, Takashi Tachibana |
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| Director | Yoshifumi Kondo |
| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Shizuku is spending her last summer vacation in junior high school, reading and translating lyrics of popular foreign music into Japanese, daydreaming of becoming a writer. Lately she finds that all the books she chooses in the library have been previously checked out by the same boy, Seiji Amasawa - Shizuku wonders what kind of guy he is... Could it be that the obnoxious boy she stumbles into could be the guy who's been reading all those books?
A touching love story with wonderful characters and beautiful artwork, Whisper Of The Heart was the first and only film directed by the late, Yoshifumi Kondo; the Studio Ghibli director seen as the natural successor to Hayao Miyazaki (who penned the script).
| Starring | Issei Takahashi, Youko Honna, Keiju Kobayashi, Takashi Tachibana, Yorie Yamashita |
|---|---|
| Voice over cast | Brittany Snow, David Gallagher, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Harold Gould, Ashley Tisdale |
| Director | Yoshifumi Kondo |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Original title | Mimi Wo Sumaseba |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 51 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 51 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: Japanese Blu-ray: Japanese |
| Dubbed | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1995 To Rent: DVD: 10 Apr 2006 Blu-ray: 09 Jan 2012 |
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Lacks a bit of Miyazaki magic
This is a gentle, heart-warming story about first love and finding your place in the world. Being from Studio Ghibli it is beautifully animated so if you are a ... read more »
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Watch it for the animation rather than the story
There's no doubt that this is a really charming film. The animation is wonderful and the story is simple but sweet.
I was disappointed that we ... read more »
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facinating fantstic
it was a fantastic movie! I was although a little bit confused when Shizuki found a dead chic in the wall of jems but I suppose she was dreaming. I definitly ... read more »
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Inwaiting for the story
It was a gentle film a bit boring and long, there was a promise of the baron coming into the story and he didn't.
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