Rent Whisper of the Heart (1995)
3.9 of 5 from 160 ratings
1h 51min
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- Synopsis:
Teenage Shizuku has a passion for books and plans to spend her last summer holiday in junior high school reading in the library and translating popular foreign music into Japanese. But her plans are disrupted when she discovers that the same name, Seiji Amasawa, appears on each of the books she borrows. One day while riding the train, she encounters a mysterious cat who will eventually lead her to the shop where Seiji works as a trainee violin-maker. Shizuku learns that Seiji dreams of one day taking up his craft in Italy, while he encourages her to write. Although their dreams may eventually lead them to very different places, Shizuku and Seiji vow to be true to the strong bond between them. - Directors:
- Yoshifumi Kondô
- Producers:
- Ned Lott, Toshio Suzuki
- Voiced By:
- Youko Honna, Kazuo Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi, Keiju Kobayashi, Yorie Yamashita, Maiko Kayama, Yoshimi Nakajima, Minami Takayama, Mayumi Izuka, Mai Chiba, Satoru Takahashi, Akiko Sakaguchi, Hiromi Yasuda
- Writers:
- Hayao Miyazaki, Aoi Hiiragi, Cindy Davis Hewitt, Donald H. Hewitt
- Aka:
- Mimi wo sumaseba
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Anime & Animation, Children & Family, Kids’ TV
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 09/01/2012
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Background Artwork from 'The Baron's Story'
- Alternative Angle Storyboards
- Studio Ghibil Trailer Reel
- Trailers
- 4 Masterpieces of Naohisa Inoue
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Reviews (1) of Whisper of the Heart
Rare teenage animated romantic drama - Whisper of the Heart review by AP
'Whispers of the Heart' took me by surprise. Set in a real city landscape in which young teen Shizuku pursues her passion for reading (mysteriously preceded in her choice of books by someone called Seiji), and allowed to do so by parents who are remarkably understanding She finds herself one day following a fat cat who boards a train at the same station as her. When the cat alights, she does too and, following it, she discovers a curio shop at the top of the city in a quiet enclave where she is welcomed by its elderly owner who is an artisan repairer of almost anything. It turns out that he is also the grandfather of the Seiji who is her fellow reader and who attends the same school as she does.
Seiji wants to become a violin maker and is allowed by his parents to try out for two months in Cremona. While he's away, Shizuku, who is footloose about her future and is unhappy being directionless decides to write a novel. Encouraged by Seiji's grandfather, she does so, but not before her elder sister has alerted their parents to Shizuku's declining marks at school. Her parents decide that if the novel is vital to Shizuku, she should finish it.....
It's a really sweet story, and Shizuku and Seiji's energy and joie de vivre I found infectious. I loved it.
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