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Suzume

Horizons 2023 / Suzume / Japan 2022

Suzume Suzume

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Suzume lives a quiet life on Kyushu Island, until she discovers a mysterious door standing in some ruins outside town. Suspicious objects appearing in films are best ignored, however – especially if they are guarded by a cute little animal… Makoto Shinkai’s fantasy tale about a catastrophe of unprecedented proportions was inspired by the tough experience of the Japanese tragedy in 2011. The film combines a disaster of epic proportions with a quirky, almost mischievous coming-of-age drama. After the successes of Belle at Cannes and Inu-Oh in Venice, this year Suzume brought Japanese animation back to the Berlinale, where it was shown in the main competition and immediately earned a reputation as the anime event of the year.

Martin Horyna

About the film

122 min / Color, DCP

Director Makoto Shinkai / Screenplay Makoto Shinkai / Dir. of Photography Ryôsuke Tsuda / Music Kazuma Jinnnouchi, Radwimps / Sound Krystal Holmes / Editor Makoto Shinkai / Art Director Takumi Tanji / Producer Genki Kawamura / Production STORY inc., CoMix Wave Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment / Sales Toho Co., Ltd. / Distributor Falcon a.s.

About the director

Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai (1973, Koumi, Japan). Selected filmography: 5 Centimeters per Second (Bjósoku 5 centimeter, 2007), The Garden of Words (Kotonoha no niwa, 2013, medium-length), Your Name. (Kimi no na wa., 2016), Weathering with You (Tenki no ko, 2019), Suzume (2022).

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Toho Co., Ltd.
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Falcon a.s.
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Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 422 222
E-mail: [email protected]

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