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Whisper of the Heart

Whisper of the Heart

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Whisper of the Heart

"I found someone I like."

1995

1h 51m

7.9(2350 votes)

Animation

Drama

Family

Overview

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."

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Production Companies

Studio Ghibli

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Tokuma Shoten

Hakuhodo

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yoko Honna

Yoko Honna

Shizuku Tsukishima (voice)

Issey Takahashi

Issey Takahashi

Seiji Amasawa (voice)

Takashi Tachibana

Takashi Tachibana

Seiya Tsukishima (voice)

Shigeru Muroi

Shigeru Muroi

Asako Tsukishima (voice)

Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Teacher Kosaka (voice)

Mayumi Izuka

Mayumi Izuka

Kinuyo (voice)

Yorie Yamashita

Yorie Yamashita

Shiho Tsukishima (voice)

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Shiro Nishi (voice)

Naohisa Inoue

Naohisa Inoue

Tall Friend of Mr. Nishi (voice)

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

Shigeru Tsuyuguchi

The Baron (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Yoshifumi Kondo
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by: Toshio Suzuki

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