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Mary and The Witch's Flower

2017 · 103 min

A gentle, gorgeously drawn fantasy that feels like a cozy storybook adventure with a few darker, stranger turns.

Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring
Yuki Amami, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hana Sugisaki
Tagline
From a single lie, everything will change.
Overview
Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.

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Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family
Starring
Yuki Amami, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hana Sugisaki
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How it feels

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Tone
  • whimsicalstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • friendship
  • family
  • obsession
Places
  • countryside
  • fantasy world
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour4
Realism2
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
animation, adventure, family, fantasy
Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Written by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi, Riko Sakaguchi
Starring
Yuki Amami, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hana Sugisaki, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hikari Mitsushima, Jiro Sato, Kenichi Endo, Eri Watanabe
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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