Summary
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+17)
Critics 81Audiences 64GoodWatch 72
Tomatometer89%
Metascore73
IMDb6.6
Audience score63%
User score6.3
Letterboxd · 177 K ratings3.1/5
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than most animated movies, −17 min on the typical 89
typical 8972Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Reach
Streams in 131 countries
+121Released
1993
October 9, 1993
33 years ago
Genres
AnimationDramaRomanceTV MovieLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalKidsPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchPure EscapismThought-Provoking
and 11 more16 people
- Nobuo TobitaTaku Morisaki (voice)
- YSYoko SakamotoRikako Muto (voice)
- Toshihiko SekiYutaka Matsuno (voice)
- Yuri AmanoAkiko Shimizu (voice)
- Kae ArakiYumi Kohama (voice)
- Jun'ichi KanemaruOkada (voice)
- Ai SatouTaku's Mother (voice)
- Aya HisakawaYoung Girl (voice)
- Tomokazu SekiMinarai (voice)
Hikaru MidorikawaTadashi Yamao (voice)
Sumi ShimamotoRikako's Father's Lover (voice)
Reiko SuzukiMrs. Okami (voice)
Kinryu ArimotoRikako's Father (voice)
Takeshi WatabePrinciple (voice)
Ako MayamaAdditional Voices (voice)- SMSachiko Mitani(voice)
Directing · 1
- Tomomi Mochizuki Director
Writing · 2
- Keiko Niwa Screenplay
- Saeko Himuro Novel
Production · 3
- Toshio Suzuki Producer
- Hiroyuki Ito Production Assistant
- Nozomu Takahashi Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Atsushi Okui Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hiroshi Adachi Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Shigeru Nagata Original Music Composer
- Yoko Sakamoto Theme Song Performance
Art · 1
- Naoya Tanaka Art Direction
Visual Effects · 20
- Kumiko Taniguchi Compositing Artist
- Masashi Ando Key Animation
- Yoshifumi Kondo Key Animation
- Kenichi Konishi Key Animation
- Katsuya Kondo Character Designer, Animation Director
- Mitsuo Iso Key Animation
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