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.
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Saw this movie after all the hype and had regrets. Not in any way a close match to the movie "Your Name" (10/10). I felt it was too flat and could have been done better. To think it has so many above average reviews is appalling.
Nothing special. I expected more than this... If you like cheesy stories than you are gonna love this...
When I saw this film, sorry, work of art, I was lost. I thought that I was the only one really falling in love for my 15 year old student back home. I really related to the main protagonist (shiro) and I loved it. if you want your tears flowing, watch this movie guys and gals of all ages. Oh by the way, is the director like really into feet? I mean there's like 60 shots of feet, and toes, and I was like D. I like feet but cm-on guy. Just one foot is enough floor me I say. Anyways, have a good night as always. catch you all on the flip my dudes
To be very honest, I had no idea that an Anime could have such profound story-telling; that too, under the run-time of an hour.A visually-stunning, poetically woven romance of two differently aged loners (not 'lovers') - one a young aspiring shoemaker, the other a young working-professional. They're dissimilar but pleasantly compatible, who coincidentally skip their work on the rainy mornings of the Japanese monsoon months and spend time in a Tokyo city park, where they first meet. Neither bounded by promises nor even their names, they start hoping to see each other more frequently in the mere mutual congeniality of their presence. Their times together take a varied stroll like they always do, although their memories stay just like their Japanese 'tanka' poem - "A faint clap of thunder; Even if rain comes not, I will stay here. Together with you."To paraphrase, it is - "The story of boy meets girl, but not a love story"; though, more like a reflection on the courses of the lives that could have been, or would be, which is left to the viewer's imagination.A hint of poignance dwells over in this well-paced but, a little unglamorous sounding plot-line, however, the production (artwork, direction and sound, voice-acting) more than makes up for it, which is so subtle and genuine-sounding that at least I almost forgot for a while that it was an animated feature - something that hasn't happened since "Up".Directed by the natively popular Makoto Shinkai, "The Garden of Words" is an "easy view", yet it has got so much of unearthed expressions that one tends to almost get pulled into it, maybe even contemplating on those countless stories of loves lost and found. Still, in a good way, it could be remembered.Rating - 8/10
