The Garden of Words (2013)
Kotonoha no niwa
46 min
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.
- Release date
- April 28, 2013
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Daisuke Kashiwa
- Box office
- $820,165
Where to watch
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Kanopy
Trailer
Cast
- Miyu Irino as Takao Akizuki
- Kana Hanazawa as Yukari Yukino
- Fumi Hirano as Takao's Mother
- Takeshi Maeda as Takao's Brother
- Yuka Terasaki as Takao's Brother's Girlfriend
- Takanori Hoshino as Itou-sensei
- Suguru Inoue as Matsumoto
- Megumi Han as Satou
- Mikako Komatsu as Aizawa
- Yûki Hayashi as Moriyama (voice)
- Risa Mizuno as News Announcer (voice)
- Hiroshi Shimozaki as (voice)
- Taishi Murata as (voice)
- Azusa Tadokoro as (voice)
- Gou Maeda as Takao no ani
Crew
- Makoto Shinkai · Director
- Makoto Shinkai · Writer
- David Del Rio · Producer
- John Ledford · Producer
- Daisuke Kashiwa · Composer
- Makoto Shinkai · Cinematographer
- Makoto Shinkai · Editor
- Ai Niinuma · Casting director
- Sawako Todoroki · Casting director