Whisper of the Heart

Oct 14, 2022

1h 54m

★ 6.2

Overview

Shizuku Tsukishima is a 3rd grade middle school student. She likes reading books. Shizuku meets Seiji Amasawa who is in the same grade and school that Shizuku attends. At first, she does not like him, but she becomes fascinated with his pursuit of his dream. Seiji also knows Shizuku's dream is to become a novelist. They vow to each other to achieve their dreams. Ten years later, Shizuku gave up her dream of becoming a novelist and now works as an editor for a publishing company that specializes in children's books. She struggles in her daily life at work. Meanwhile, Seiji is abroad and still pursuing his dream.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Shochiku

Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures International Productions

Nippon Broadcasting System

Office Crescendo

Shochiku Broadcasting

Aeon Entertainment

Whisper of the Heart Trailers

Cast

Shizuku Tsukishima

Nana Seino

Asako Tsukishima

Yōko Moriguchi

Seiji Amasawa

Tori Matsuzaka

Tatsuya Sugimura

Yuki Yamada

Yuko Harada

Rio Uchida

Sonomura

Kei Tanaka

Shiro Nishi

Masaomi Kondo

Young Seiji Amasawa

Tsubasa Nakagawa

Young Shizuku Tsukishima

Runa Yasuhara

[Shizuku's Director]

Takuma Otoo

[Shizuku's Senior]

Marika Matsumoto

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