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Kotonoha no niwa

2013
★ 7.4 / 10
On a rainy morning in Tokyo, 15-year-old Takao, an aspiring shoemaker, decides to skip class to sketch designs in a beautiful garden. This is where he meets Yukari, a beautiful yet...
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Reviews
★★★★★
"A faint clap of thunder. Even if the rain comes not, I will stay here, together with you". Walking the path of life is no easy feat. The appropriate metaphysical footwear must be utilised for every type of emotional terrain we encounter. Sandals for joy. Well...
★★★★★
I've seen most of Makoto Shinkai's anime. When I first saw 5cm per second, I was amazed at how well the emotions of the characters dwell in the environment around them. Garden of words is no exception. The refined use of environment and ambient effects (sound...
★★★★★
I've always had mixed feelings about the works of Makoto Shinkai. Movies like 5 Centimeters per second are visually striking and evocative, but they are also essentially illustrated radio plays, where the story is told through words. Garden of Words, surprisi...
★★★★★
Promoted as a feature-length film, Shinkai Makoto's Garden of Words surprisingly only lasts 46 minutes. However, it was enough for the director to portray human emotions as well as understand the purpose of relationships. The word "love" in modern Japanese is...
★★★★★
Although I don't make reviews of movies (only read and maybe comment with friends), Shinkai's movies just force me to. My first comment was of, in my opinion is this director's best work to this day, 5 cm per second, and so this is going to be my second commen...
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Kotonoha no niwa Official Trailer
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