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Whisper of the Heart

2022 · 114 min

A quiet, tender look at grown-up dreams and distance, unfolding gently with warmth and a soft ache of longing.

Directed by
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Nana Seino, Yōko Moriguchi, Tori Matsuzaka
Overview
Shizuku Tsukishima is a middle school student in the 3rd grade. She likes to read books. Shizuku meets Seiji Amasawa, who goes to the same class and school as Shizuku.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Nana Seino, Yōko Moriguchi, Tori Matsuzaka
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • ambition
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Written by
Yuichiro Hirakawa
Starring
Nana Seino, Yōko Moriguchi, Tori Matsuzaka, Yuki Yamada, Rio Uchida, Kei Tanaka, Masaomi Kondo, Tsubasa Nakagawa
Music
Yu Takami
Cinematography
Kôichi Nakayama
Runtime
114 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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