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The Garden of Words

Name: The Garden of Words
Director: Makoto Shinkai
Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
Released: 2013-05-31
Duration: 46 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki

2013 · 0h 46m · Animation, Drama, Romance

IMDb 7.4

Watch it tonight if you're craving something visually stunning and emotionally intimate. This is Makoto Shinkai at his most poetic—a achingly beautiful love story that unfolds like a watercolor painting, with every rainy day feeling like a stolen moment. Skip only if you need explosions and plot twists; this is pure, meditative romance.

Plot

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.

Director: Makoto Shinkai

Cast: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki

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