Japan Synopsis
言の葉の庭
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.
The 2012–2014 Japan Window
530 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Garden of Words sits at position #120.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Garden of Words. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CoMix Wave Films
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Garden of Words premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,024 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #822 of 2,532 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
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| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | CoMix Wave Films |
| Runtime | 46m |
| Release Date | May 31, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt2591814 |