Whisper of the Heart
19951h 51mG · MPAA
Directed by Yoshifumi Kondo · Starring Yoko Honna & Issey Takahashi
95%Rotten Tomatoes7.8IMDb75Metacritic
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: "Seiji Amasawa."
AnimationDramaFamily
— Critical consensus, summarised
Studio Ghibli's most underrated film — critics widely call it one of the studio's most beautiful adolescence dramas. The cat-statue antique shop and the original 'Country Roads' rendition give it a singular gentle melancholy.
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