The Garden of Words

言の葉の庭 (2013)
Timing: 0:46 (46 min)

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$450 879
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Director
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Producer
Noritaka Kawaguchi
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Composer
Daisuke Kashiwa
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Audition
Ai Niinuma, Sawako Todoroki

Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The backgrounds used in the animated film are based on photographs taken in Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.
  • This is the first film by director Makoto Shinkai made without the participation of composer Tenmon.
  • Makoto Shinkai notes the strong influence of Haruki Murakami's novel "Norwegian Wood," to which the animated film contains direct allusions.
  • This is the first film by director Makoto Shinkai filmed without the participation of composer Tenmon.
  • The film features a poem from the ancient collection "Man'yōshū".
  • Makoto Shinkai notes the strong influence of Haruki Murakami's novel 'Norwegian Wood,' to which there are direct allusions in the animated film.

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