
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Studio Ghibli's last 'main era' release before its hiatus — critics widely embraced this quietly ghostly girl-meets-mysterious-friend drama. Earned an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.