Yet another splendid escape from the increasingly strenuous glut of computer-animated offerings, this one designed to serve as family entertainment after the more adult-skewing likes of "The Wind Rises" and "The Tale of Princess Kaguya".
When Marnie Was There
Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.
2014 · 1h 43m · PG
Animation, Drama, Family
Directed by
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
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When Marnie Was There
Overview
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Director and cast
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi Director
- Sara Takatsuki as Anna Sasaki (voice)
- Kasumi Arimura as Marnie (voice)
- Nanako Matsushima as Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
- Susumu Terajima as Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
- Toshie Negishi as Setsu Oiwa (voice)
- Ryoko Moriyama as Elderly Lady (voice)
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Nanny (voice)
- Hitomi Kuroki as Hisako (voice)
- Hiroyuki Morisaki as Art Teacher (voice)
- Takuma Otoo as Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)
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