Whisper of the Heart | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | June 6, 2012
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verdict |
A lovely looking transfer of this film. Disney does not slouch in their releases and does great work displayed Studio Ghibli material.
genre | Animation | Family |
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synopsis | Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'. Curious as to who he is, Shizuku meets a boy her age whom she finds infuriating, but discovers to her shock that he is her 'Prince of Books'. As she grows closer to him, she realises that he merely read all those books to bring himself closer to her. The boy Seiji aspires to be a violin maker in Italy, and it is his dreams that make Shizuku realise that she has no clear path for her life. Knowing that her strength lies in writing, she tests her talents by writing a story about Baron, a cat statuette belonging to Seiji's grandfather |
lead actors | Youko Honna | Kazuo Takahashi | Takashi Tachibana | Shigeru Muroi | Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | Keiju Kobayashi | Yorie Yamashita | Maiko Kayama | Yoshimi Nakajima | Minami Takayama | Mayumi Iizuka | Mai Chiba | Satoru Takahashi | Akiko Sakaguchi | Hiromi Yasuda | Tatsuya Okada | Yoshihiro Imai | Naohisa Inoue | Suguru Egawa | Shirô Kishibe | Toshio Suzuki | Mitsuaki Ogawa |
director | Yoshifumi Kondô |