One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.
Direction
Ishida's debut feature moves like a dream you half-remember — fluid, sad, gorgeous.
Cinematography
Floating tatami rooms at golden hour? The water animation alone deserves awards.
Score
Ushio Kensuke's music gently destroys you. Bring tissues.
Director
Hiroyasu Ishida
Mutsumi Tamura
Kosuke Kumagaya (voice)
Asami Seto
Natsume Tonai (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Noppo (voice)
Daiki Yamashita
Yuzuru Tachibana (voice)
Yumiko Kobayashi
Taishi Koiwai (voice)
Inori Minase
Reina Haba (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Juri Ando (voice)
Bin Shimada
Yasuji Kumagaya (voice)
Rikako Aikawa
Yasuko Kumagaya (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Satoko Tonai (voice)
Aya Endo
Ferris Wheel Girl (voice)
Masaaki Ihara
Yuta Kumagaya (voice)
Junji Tachibana
Construction Worker A (voice)
Ryunosuke Watanuki
Construction Worker B (voice)
Anri Tachibana
Homeroom Teacher (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hiroyasu Ishida directed the award-winning short 'Penguin Highway' — this is his first feature, and Studio Colorido gave him a massive budget to basically make a 2-hour mood board.
Japan's 'ghost apartments' (real abandoned buildings) inform the melancholy here — the film mourns not just people, but disappearing spaces where communities once lived.
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This is why anime movies are great, its because despite the unrealistic situation they are in, the root of the problems and issues are grounded
@dklir 3359
This looks both wholesome and emotional at the sametime 😭
@Mango_Fuyu 2087
As someone who often get overly attached with places, buildings, things, etc, this movie hits hard.
@aksonybag 562
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