The Garden of Words

The Garden of Words

2013 · Movie · 言の葉の庭

46 min Japanese

2,316 votes

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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…

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Available to stream with HiDive, Kanopy.

Streaming in other countries

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Showing 10 of 12 countries.

Cast, directors & writers

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)

Makoto Shinkai

Director · Writer

Keywords

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