Movie

The Garden of Words

2013 · 46 min

A quiet, rain-soaked meditation on loneliness and connection, with breathtaking animation and a tender, bittersweet mood that lingers.

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.
How it feels: Melancholic, romantic, earnest and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, love, coming-of-age, identity
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
love
coming-of-age
identity
healing
Places: big city
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild