A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.A love story between a girl who loves reading books, and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.
Yoko Honna
- Shizuku Tsukishima
- (voice)
- (as Youko Honna)
Issei Takahashi
- Seiji Amasawa
- (voice)
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
- The Baron
- (voice)
Keiju Kobayashi
- Shiro Nishi
- (voice)
Maiko Kayama
- Yuko Harada
- (voice)
Yoshimi Nakajima
- Sugimura
- (voice)
Minami Takayama
- Kosaka-sensei
- (voice)
Mayumi Izuka
- Kinuyo
- (voice)
- (as Mayumi Iizuka)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis marked the first use by Studio Ghibli of digital composition, meaning that elements of a scene were composed using a computer. In this case, it's the flying scene with Baron within Shizuku's story. The scene contains many independent elements, including the minor "planets" and Shizuku's characters. Although all these elements were animated by traditional means, they were combined using computer technology.
- GoofsIt is not clear whether this is a mistake or a hint that the Baron is alive, but in every scene that the Baron is shown, he looks different than the time before (position of hands, cane and hat).
- Crazy creditsDuring the credits we see people walk by the bridge. The "stray" cat (the one with many names) walks by the bridge as well. Also the young students who had struggled with unrequited love, named Sugimura and Yuko in the American version, meet on the bridge and appear to begin a dating relationship.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Cat Returns (2002)
- SoundtracksTake Me Home, Country Roads
Written by Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver
Performed by Olivia Newton-John
Featured review
Excellent and Heart-warming
This has to be one of the greatest, most inspiring films. The story's about a young girl and how she meets the boy of her dreams. It sounds rather cliché but it's actually off the beaten track. Even though the characters are in 8th grade, they're rather mature and understand the consequences of their actions. It's very heart warming and nice, and rather different, in a very good way, than what most people would think. You get to see the characters develop and go through crushes, friendships, and many other things that are just part of growing up. The best part is that the film makers don't exaggerate or make it over dramatic; they make it so that you care deeply for the characters and identify with what they're going through. The movie also has the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" as it's main theme, and the characters even sing it in the movie in a moving scene. It may sound strange at first, but everything's very tastefully and well-done. The movie also makes one remember that dreams do come true, even when you least expect it, and that sometimes reality can be better than your greatest dreams; and in light of the times we're living in, it makes you appreciate the smaller but more important things in life.
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- edm22390
- Jan 20, 2006
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Susurros del corazón
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $498,156
- Gross worldwide
- $4,419,400
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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