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DirectorHiromasa Yonebayashi
Runtime1h 43m · PG
GenresAnimation · Drama · Family
Release2014-07-19
Film
When Marnie Was There
2014· PG· 1h 43m· Animation· Drama· Family
“Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.”
In Studio Ghibli’s “When Marnie Was There,” an ailing city girl sent to rural relatives finds solace in a spectral friendship. Haunted by emotional isolation, Anna’s fascination with a dilapidated mansion and its enigmatic inhabitant, Marnie, blurs the lines between reality and imagination. This delicate exploration of loneliness and self-discovery captures the bittersweet beauty of childhood’s fleeting innocence.
2014-07-19
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Key Crew
DirectorHiromasa Yonebayashi
ScreenplayHiromasa Yonebayashi
ProducerKoji Hoshino
Director of PhotographyAtsushi Okui
Original Music ComposerTakatsugu Muramatsu
EditorRie Matsubara
Full cast & crew (17 cast · 50 crew)
Details
Released2014-07-19
Runtime1h 43m · PG
StatusReleased
StudiosStudio Ghibli · Hakuhodo DY Media Partners · KDDI
Box office$35M
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating7.9/10 · 1993 votes
Original languageja
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