The Garden of Words

About 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.

The Garden of Words (2013) is an animation romance film directed by Makoto Shinkai. Its themes are alcoholism, teacher student relationship, high school student, and abuse.

Miyu Irino appears as Takao Akizuki (voice), Kana Hanazawa as Yukari Yukino (voice), Fumi Hirano as Takao's Mother (voice), and Takeshi Maeda as Takao's Brother (voice). At 46 minutes long, it arrived in May 2013.

The screenplay is by Makoto Shinkai. Produced by CoMix Wave Films. American members can watch it on HiDive.

The Spectacular Now, Weathering with You, and The Boy and the Beast make useful companions to The Garden of Words, all filed under coming of age. TMDB voters put it at 7.6 out of 10 across 2,301 votes and it carries a PG-13 rating.