The Garden of Words (2013)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
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.
- Released: 2013-05-31
- Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 46m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 2,297 votes
Directed by Makoto Shinkai.
Top cast
- Miyu Irino as Takao Akizuki (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Yukari Yukino (voice)
- Fumi Hirano as Takao's Mother (voice)
- Takeshi Maeda as Takao's Brother (voice)
- Yuka Terasaki as Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
- Takanori Hoshino as Teacher Itou (voice)
- Suguru Inoue as Matsumoto (voice)
- Megumi Han as Satou (voice)
- Mikako Komatsu as Aizawa (voice)
- Yuki Hayashi as Moriyama (voice)
Where to watch The Garden of Words
- United States: stream on Criterion Channel, HiDive; watch free on Kanopy
- United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: stream on Crunchyroll, Sony Liv, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
- Canada: stream on Criterion Channel, HiDive
- Australia: stream on Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
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