The Garden of Words (2013)

05/31/2013 (JP) • 46m

Animation, Drama, Romance

Overview

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.

Top Billed 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)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

$820,165.00

Keywords

chocolate

age difference

garden

rain

alcoholism

coming of age

tokyo, japan

cityscape

high school student

teacher student relationship

high school teacher

rainstorm

seinen

abuse

shoemaker

anime

adult child friendship

japanese

melodramatic

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