The Garden of Words
言の葉の庭
2013JapanLanguage: jaDirected by Makoto Shinkai★ 7.6
Available in English: subtitled
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.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingwarmquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burndreamlike
Story
reunionunraveling
Emotion
longingall-consuming lovefiguring out who you arebelongingloss of innocence
Themes
family wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationsfamily duty
Feel
quietly hauntingemotionally wreckingcerebralrewatchable
Violence
none