Whisper of the Heart
1995 Japanese animated film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whisper of the Heart (Japanese: 耳をすませば, Hepburn: Mimi o Sumaseba, lit. 'If You Listen Carefully') is a 1995 Japanese animated romantic drama film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on the 1989 manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo. The film stars Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi and Keiju Kobayashi.
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Whisper of the Heart | |
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Kanji | 耳をすませば |
Revised Hepburn | Mimi o Sumaseba |
Directed by | Yoshifumi Kondō |
Screenplay by | Hayao Miyazaki |
Based on | Mimi o Sumaseba by Aoi Hiiragi |
Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
Edited by | Takeshi Seyama |
Music by | Yuji Nomi |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥3.15 billion (Japan)[1] |
Whisper of the Heart was Kondō's only film as director before his death in 1998. Studio Ghibli had hoped that Kondō would become the successor to Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.[2]
A spin-off film, The Cat Returns, was released in 2002, which focused on a minor character of the film, the Baron.