Whisper of the Heart
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Features
• AC-3
• Animated
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• DVD-Video
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 1995
DVD Release : 07 March, 2006 |
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Whisper of the Heart description
Based on a manga by Aoi Hiiragi, the gentle coming-of-age story Whisper of the Heart (1995) was scripted and storyboarded by Hayao Miyazaki, and directed by the late Yoshifumi Kondo. Shizuku Tsukishima is an absent-minded, insecure junior high school student who reads book after book of fairy tales, helps her friends, and does most of her chores ... review details
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The hearts of Ghibli shines
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Whisper of the Heart is a wonderful adaptation of Aoi Hiiragi's manga work and who does it better than the guys at Ghibli. Master Hayao Miyazaki with Yoshifumi Kondo direction, you see how real this animation is about the life of a girl name Shizuku. I won't go into too much detail as others here have already provided more than enough information on this outstanding gem like all of Miyazaki's animated production films. I just like to point out that the ending could of been more heartfelt than it was in my opinion. For those who haven't seen this movie yet...stop here and go rent this for the whole family to enjoy.
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The scene where Shizuku's dad tuck the blanket over her in bed than showing the night sky as it fade to the credits would of been a sad but worthy ending. It's more realistic and acceptable then to have Seiji show up at her place early in the cold morning on his bicycle from out of nowhere and ask her to come ride with him to somewhere is a bit odd when he should be in Italy learning to become a master violin builder. Now here is where it got a little wierd...the ending where he basically propose to her to marry him after taking her on top of this hill to see the sun rise. I mean how many guys would ask a girl to marry him when they haven't even gone out yet?!? Then again, maybe that happens more than not in Japan but not really here. Nevertheless, it does not hurt this charming movie one bit as I still highly recommend everyone to watch this animated movie. Great theme song on country road, top notch dubbing, especially the Baron voice over by Cary Elwes, which continues on in the sequal, The Cats Return.
I'm a big fan of Hayao Miyazaki's animated work and have seen Spirited Away, Porco Rosso, Castle in the Sky, NausicaA of the Valley of the Wind, My Neighbor Totoro, The Castle of Cagliostro, Howl's Moving Castle and a few other gems, which i will provide a review on some of them in the future. |
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