
Teenage girl Suzume accidentally opens a strange door in a forgotten park near her hometown of Kyushu. Suzume saw unusual sights, before a small earthquake hit the city. Returning to the place where she opened the door, Suzume meets a mysterious young man: he belongs to the Guardians, whose task it is to travel around Japan and guard the portals that lead to the world beyond the door.

Makoto Shinkai is a Japanese director, writer, producer, animator, editor, cinematographer, voice actor, manga artist and former graphic designer. Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. In 1999, Shinkai released She and Her Cat, a five-minute short piece done in monochrome. His best knows films are The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004), 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007), Children Who Chase Lost Voices (2011), The Garden of Words (2013), and Your Name (2016).
Japan
2022
122 min
Suzume no tojimari
Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
Makoto Shinkai
Mizuki Ito
Kazuma Jinnouchi, Radwimps
Aniplex, CoMIx Wave Films, East Japan Marketing & Commnunications Inc.