The Garden of Words

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

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Streaming availability

free

Kanopy

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Criterion Channel HiDive

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Cast

Miyu Irino

Takao Akizuki (voice)

Kana Hanazawa

Yukari Yukino (voice)

Fumi Hirano

Takao's Mother (voice)

Takeshi Maeda

Takao's Brother (voice)

Yuka Terasaki

Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)

Takanori Hoshino

Teacher Itou (voice)

Suguru Inoue

Matsumoto (voice)

Megumi Han

Satou (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

Aizawa (voice)

Yuki Hayashi

Moriyama (voice)

Wataru Sekine

Young Takao (voice)

Risa Mizuno

News Announcer (voice)

Hiroshi Shimozaki

(voice)

Kuniko Ishijima

(voice)

Taishi Murata

(voice)

Azusa Tadokoro

(voice)

Crew

Art

• Makoto Shinkai Storyboard Artist
• Yoshitoshi Shinomiya Background Designer
• Kosuke Hayashi Background Designer
• Nguyen Hoa Background Designer
• Marie Kitai Background Designer
• Leonardo Ken Usami Background Designer
• Maiko Ikeda Background Designer
• Dinh Sang Background Designer
• Kaoru Takino Background Designer
• Tasuku Watanabe Background Designer
• Mariko Obara Background Designer
• Hiroshi Takiguchi Background Designer

Camera

• Makoto Shinkai Director of Photography

Directing

• Makoto Shinkai Director
• Makoto Ooga Second Unit First Assistant Director

Editing

• Makoto Shinkai Editor

Production

• Noritaka Kawaguchi Producer
• Ai Niinuma Casting
• Sawako Todoroki Casting

Sound

• Daisuke Kashiwa Original Music Composer
• Daiki Hachimaki Sound Recordist
• Haru Yamada Sound Director
• Eiko Morikawa Sound Effects
• Motohiro Hata Theme Song Performance

Visual Effects

• Kenichi Tsuchiya Animation Director
• Naoto Hosoda Key Animation
• Takayo Nishimura Key Animation
• Sanae Yamamoto Key Animation
• Kenichi Tsuchiya Key Animation
• Kaori Hayashi Key Animation
• Seigo Kitazawa Key Animation
• Yuji Watanabe Key Animation
• Chie Maruyama Key Animation
• Kazuyoshi Takeuchi Key Animation
• Misato Kishino Key Animation
• Taisuke Iwasaki Key Animation

Writing

• Makoto Shinkai Original Story
• Makoto Shinkai Screenplay

Photos