Whisper of the Heart

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Movie: Whisper of the Heart
Romaji: Mimi o Sumaseba
Japanese: 耳をすませば
Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa
Writer: Aoi Hiiragi (manga)
Producer: Asami Nishi, Hirotaka Aragaki, Yoshiya Nagasawa
Cinematographer: Koichi Nakayama
Release Date: October 14, 2022
Runtime: 114 min.
Distributor: Sony Pictures, Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Shizuku Tsukishima (Runa Yasuhara) is a 3rd grade middle school student. She likes reading books. Shizuku Tsukishima meets Seiji Amasawa (Tsubasa Nakagawa). He is in the same grade and school that Shizuku Tsukishima attends. At first, she does not like him, but she becomes fascinated with his pursuit of his dream. Seiji Amasawa also knows Shizuku Tsukishima's dream is to become a novelist. They vow to each other to achieve their dreams.

10 years later, Shizuku Tsukishima (Nana Seino) is 24 years old. She 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 Amasawa (Tori Matsuzaka) is abroad and still pursuing his dream.

Notes

Based on manga series "Mimi o Sumaseba" by Aoi Hiiragi (published from August to November, 1989 in monthly Japanese manga magazine Ribon).
Movie's release date was originally scheduled for September 18, 2020, but the Covid-19 outbreak caused delays in filming and the subsequent delay in the movie's release date.

Cast



Nana Seino	Tori Matsuzaka	Yuki Yamada	Rio Uchida
Shizuku Tsukishima	Seiji Amasawa	Tatuya Sugimura	Yuko Harada

Middle School Student



Runa Yasuhara	Tsubasa Nakagawa	Towa Araki	Sara Sumitomo
Shizuku Tsukishima	Seiji Amasawa	Tatuya Sugimura	Yuko Harada

Others



Kei Tanaka	Masaomi Kondo	Takashi Kobayashi	Yoko Moriguchi	Takuma Otoo
Makoto Sonomura	Shiro Nishi	Seiya Tsukishima	Asako Tsukishima	Manager Horiuchi



Marika Matsumoto	Keisuke Nakata
Midori Tsuda	Yosuke Takagi

Additional Cast Members:

Kanako Miyashita - Teacher Kosaka

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Comments

Priscilla Aug 14 2020 6:03 am The cast already looks so promising!! I can’t wait? I hope that the release won’t be postponed for too long~

ai Jul 20 2020 9:28 am i really loooove the animated one.. shizuku.. daisuki!

Mymin May 21 2020 3:07 pm wow! it's an after story of whisper of the heart. it's not your typical live action movie. can't wait!

K Jan 26 2020 1:19 am I know that Tori is a great actor but isn't he a bit too old (even as grown up Seiji) to play the role. Can't argue with his looks and acting skills tho. Anyway I REALLY LOVE this story - its subtle romance, those 80s vibes. Really hope they do it right with this adaptation...

nami Jan 18 2020 2:43 am why wasn’t takahashi issei casted for seiji?? ??? he voiced seiji when he was 14 years old too

Elektra Sanders Jan 14 2020 11:39 am Wow! I love both of them and I loved the movie.... I'm so excited!!!

Delvi Jan 14 2020 1:28 am Finally another movie project for Tori-kun. Love him and his acting so much and i'm so excited for this :D

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