75
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
Kayoko is a young girl in 1940, just starting first grade. Nothing can prepare her for 1945, and the bleak times that are soon to come.
Good for
- Family movie night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
Fingerprint
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 79GoodWatch 76
IMDb7.9
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for animated movies
typical 8990Half of all animated movies run 80–99 min.
Released
1991
March 9, 1991
35 years ago
Genres
AnimationDramaWarLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
ArabicMade in
Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are disturbing imagery, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Seiji Arihara Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Toshiaki Imaizumi Writer
- Kayoko Ebina Story
Production · 1
- Takaya Ono Character Technical Supervisor
Camera · 1
- Hiroshi Isakawa Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Reijirō Koroku Music
Visual Effects · 11
- Fumihide Sai Key Animation
- Kumiko Shishido Key Animation
- Yoshihiro Takeda Key Animation
- Masahiro Kitazaki Key Animation
- Hisashi Abe Key Animation
- Shunichi Sakai Key Animation
More like this
Similar
Most like Kayoko's Diary overall
Nearest on the related map: closest in everything it does to you, not one trait
- Lore (2012)
GoodWatch score 78 - Beanpole (2019)
GoodWatch score 80 - Two Women (1960)
GoodWatch score 84 - Germany, Year Zero (1948)
GoodWatch score 88 - A Midnight Clear (1992)
GoodWatch score 79 - Forbidden Games (1952)
GoodWatch score 83 - Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
GoodWatch score 89 - Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)
GoodWatch score 87 - The Children's Train (2024)
GoodWatch score 62 - In This Corner of the World (2016)
GoodWatch score 82 - The Shadow in My Eye (2021)
GoodWatch score 89 - Osama (2004)
GoodWatch score 81 - The Water Diviner (2014)
GoodWatch score 61 - The Shop on Main Street (1965)
GoodWatch score 91 - Memphis Belle (1990)
GoodWatch score 67 - Indochine (1992)
GoodWatch score 73
Same genre
More animated movies
- Frozen (2013)
GoodWatch score 73 - Moana (2016)
GoodWatch score 78 - Incredibles 2 (2018)
GoodWatch score 76 - Monsters University (2013)
GoodWatch score 68 - Finding Dory (2016)
GoodWatch score 73 - Rango (2011)
GoodWatch score 77 - Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
GoodWatch score 63 - Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026)
GoodWatch score 74