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The Garden of Words(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-05-31
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2145 Votes
Time: 0h 46m
Overview:
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Revenue: $820,165.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Garden of Words
Top 10 Billed Cast
入野自由
Takao Akizuki (voice)
花澤香菜
Yukari Yukino (voice)
平野文
Takao's Mother (voice)
前田剛
Takao's Brother (voice)
寺崎裕香
Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
星野貴紀
Teacher Itou (voice)
井上優
Matsumoto (voice)
潘めぐみ
Satou (voice)
小松未可子
Aizawa (voice)
早志勇紀
Moriyama (voice)
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