The Garden of Words
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
Genres
Animation, Drama, Romance
Studio
CoMix Wave Films
Language
ja
Status
Released
How The Garden of Words performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$820,165
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$87K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Takao Akizuki (voice)
Miyu Irino
Takao Akizuki (voice)
Yukari Yukino (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Yukari Yukino (voice)
Takao's Mother (voice)
Fumi Hirano
Takao's Mother (voice)
Takao's Brother (voice)
Takeshi Maeda
Takao's Brother (voice)
Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
Yuka Terasaki
Takao's Brother's Girlfriend (voice)
Teacher Itou (voice)
Takanori Hoshino
Teacher Itou (voice)
Matsumoto (voice)
Suguru Inoue
Matsumoto (voice)
Satou (voice)
Megumi Han
Satou (voice)
Aizawa (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Aizawa (voice)
Moriyama (voice)
Yuki Hayashi
Moriyama (voice)
Young Takao (voice)
Wataru Sekine
Young Takao (voice)
News Announcer (voice)
Risa Mizuno
News Announcer (voice)
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