Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Direction
Shinkai weaponizes nostalgia and weather like nobody else.
Score
Radwimps' songs hit harder when you know the lyrics.
Visual Effects
Those worm-things? Pure cosmic horror in pastel.
Director
Makoto Shinkai
Nanoka Hara
Suzume Iwato (voice)
Hokuto Matsumura
Souta Munakata (voice)
Eri Fukatsu
Tamaki Iwato (voice)
Shota Sometani
Minoru Okabe (voice)
Sairi Ito
Rumi Ninomiya (voice)
Kotone Hanase
Chika Amabe (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Tsubame Iwato (voice)
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Hitsujiro Munakata (voice)
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Tomoya Serizawa (voice)
Ann Yamane
Daijin (voice)
Akari Miura
Young Suzume Iwato (voice)
Yoji Ueda
(voice)
Aimi
(voice)
Yuu Ayase
(voice)
Akihiro Tajima
(voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'keystone' mythology draws from Shinto beliefs about seismic activity, reframing Japan's earthquake vulnerability as spiritual responsibility rather than random tragedy.
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