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Whisper of the Heart (movie)

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Alternative title:
Hjertets Hvisken (Danish)
I sospiri del mio cuore (Italian)
If you listen carefully
Lời thì thầm của trái tim (Vietnamese)
Mimi o Sumaseba (Japanese)
Murmuris del cor (Spanish)
O Sussurro do Coração (Portuguese)
Om du lyssnar noga (Swedish)
Si tu tends l'oreille (French)
Stimme des Herzens (German)
Suspiros en el corazón (Spanish)
Susurros del corazón (Spanish)
Szept Serca (Polish)
Шепот Сердца (Russian)
心之谷 (Chinese (Taiwan))
耳をすませば (Japanese)
귀를 기울이면 (Korean)
Genres: drama, romance
Themes: growing up
Objectionable content: Mild 
Plot Summary: Shizuku Tsukishima, a young girl in junior high, loves to read. Yet, every time she opens a library book, it seems the same name appears on the cards: "Seiji Amasawa". As Shizuku learns who this person is, she also begins to learn about herself and her goals in life—a discovery that will change her life forever.
User Ratings: 2715 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 709 votes (sub:474, dub:195, ?:11, raw:9, edit.dub:1, others:19
5 Spanish subtitled
4 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian dubbed
1 Cantonese dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Arabic subtitled
)
 Excellent: 830 votes (sub:535, dub:243, raw:12, edit.dub:3, ?:3, others:34
15 Spanish subtitled
5 Portuguese subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Polish dubbed
1 Mandarin subtitled
1 Slovak subtitled subtitled
1 Finnish subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 German dubbed
1 Mandarin dubbed
)
 Very good: 635 votes (sub:407, dub:193, raw:6, ?:4, others:25
5 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
3 Russian dubbed
3 Polish subtitled
2 Italian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Polish edited dub
1 Catalan dubbed
1 German dubbed
)
 Good: 342 votes (sub:236, dub:87, ?:3, raw:2, edit.dub:1, others:13
6 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 102 votes (sub:71, dub:24, raw:3, ?:1, others:3
3 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 54 votes (sub:31, dub:19, ?:1, others:3
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Not really good: 15 votes (sub:10, dub:5)
 Weak: 12 votes (dub:7, sub:5)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:3, dub:3)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 6 votes (sub:6)
Seen in part or in whole by 4018 users, rank: #228 (of 9581)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.482 (Very good+), std. dev.: 1.4372, rank: #193 (of 9703)
Weighted mean: 8.435 (Very good+), rank: #182 (of 9703) (seen all: 8.44 / seen some: 7.39 / won't finish: 5.25)
Bayesian estimate: 8.430 (Very good+), rank: #82 (of 7285)
Running time: 111 minutes
Vintage:
1995-06-03
2013-12-18 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Premiere date:
1995-07-15 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 13
Opening Theme:
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by Olivia Newton-John
Ending Theme:
"カントリー・ロード (Country Road)" by Youko Honna
Links: We have 6
Trivia: We have 7
Reviews:
News: Show:
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Blu-ray (Region B)
    Whisper of the Heart (Blu-ray) 2011-11-16
Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Whisper of the Heart (BD+DVD) 2012-05-22 (from $35.76)
    Whisper of the Heart (BD+DVD) 2018-01-16 (from $17.99)
    Whisper of the Heart [SteelBook] (BD+DVD) 2021-03-16 (from $119.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    Whisper of the Heart (DVD) 2006-03-07 (from $18.88)
    Whisper of the Heart (DVD) 2018-01-16 (from $13.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshifumi Kondō
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki
Storyboard: Hayao Miyazaki
Music: Yūji Nomi
Original Manga: Aoi Hiiragi
Character Design: Kitarō Kōsaka
Art Director: Satoshi Kuroda
Animation Director: Kitarō Kōsaka
Translation: Mamiko Suzuki ("Country Road" lyrics)
Sound Director: Naoko Asanashi
Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

Assistant Director:
Hiroyuki Itō
Masahiko Otsuka
Associate Executive Producer:
Tatsumi Yamashita
Tsutomu Ōtsuka
Casting: Utako Yamanaka
Character Merchandise Development:
Koichi Asano
Tomomi Imai
Chief Executive Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Color design: Michiyo Yasuda (characters)
Dolby Stereo Consultant: Mikio Mori
Editing: Takeshi Seyama
Editing Assistant:
Keiko Mizuta
Megumi Uchida
Fantasy Sequence Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Film Development, Optical: Masaharu Sekiguchi
Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
Music Mixing: Eihiko Ohno
Orchestra Conductor: Katsuaki Nakatani
Paint:
Akemi Hosoya (Studio OZ)
Akihiko Isozaki (Studio OZ)
Akiko Aihara (Trace Studio M)
Chiemi Miyamoto (Studio Killy)
Chiyomi Morisawa (Studio Killy)
Eiko Fukuma (IM Studio)
Emiko Motohashi (Trace Studio M)
Fumiko Watanabe (Trace Studio M)
Hisashi Nabetani (IM Studio)
Hitomi Nakahata (IM Studio)
Izumi Maeno (Trace Studio M)
Jukki Shinoda (Studio OZ)
Junko Fujita (Studio Killy)
Junko Kanauchi (Trace Studio M)
Kanako Moriya
Kaoru Morita (IM Studio)
Kazumi Furusawa (IM Studio)
Kazuo Kobayashi (IM Studio)
Keiko Hara (IM Studio)
Kimiko Hatano (Studio Killy)
Kinuyo Maehara (IM Studio)
Kiyoko Yoshino (Studio Ad)
Masayo Iseki
Mayumi Sawame (Studio Ad)
Michiko Ikegami (IM Studio)
Michiko Shibata (IM Studio)
Michiyo Iseda (IM Studio)
Mito Ozaki (IM Studio)
Naomi Atsuta
Naomi Mori
Naomi Takahashi (Studio Killy)
Naomi Tanaka (Studio OZ)
Nobuko Watanabe (Studio Killy)
Reiko Daigo (Trace Studio M)
Satoko Tsunetomi (Studio Killy)
Satoru Taguchi
Sayoko Yoshida (Trace Studio M)
Sayuri Fueki (IM Studio)
Shizue Shibusawa (Studio Ad)
Shizuka Ishiguro (Studio Killy)
Tatsumi Yukiwaki (Studio Killy)
Terumi Narita (IM Studio)
Tomiko Kojima (Studio Ad)
Tsunetaka Arai (Studio Killy)
Wakako Sugiyama (Trace Studio M)
Yasuko Minakami (Studio Killy)
Yasuyo Takayama (IM Studio)
Yoko Tanida (IM Studio)
Yoshiko Ohara (Studio Killy)
Yuriko Katayama
Production Affairs:
Naomi Yamada
Tamami Yamamoto
Production Chief: Toshiyuki Kawabata
Production Committee:
Akio Ichimura (Studio Ghibli)
Akira Kaneko (Tokuma Shoten)
Chinami Yanagisawa (Studio Ghibli)
Fujio Nishida (Hakuhodo)
Hatsuhiko Sawada (Hakuhodo)
Hidehiko Takei (NTV)
Hiroshi Morie (Hakuhodo)
Hiroshi Takahashi (NTV)
Hisaomi Saito (Hakuhodo)
Junko Itō (Tokuma Shoten)
Koichi Aoto (Tokuma Shoten)
Masahiko Nishizawa (Tokuma Shoten)
Masayoshi Suzuki (Tokuma Shoten)
Naoya Fujimaki (Hakuhodo)
Noriko Tachie (NTV)
Ryoko Tsutsui (Tokuma Shoten)
Shigeru Kobayashi (Studio Ghibli)
Shigeru Ohno (Hakuhodo)
Shinsuke Nonaka (Studio Ghibli)
Shokichi Arai (Studio Ghibli)
Suzuko Fujimoto (NTV)
Taketaka Hosaka (NTV)
Tomoki Horaguchi (Studio Ghibli)
Yasuharu Urushido (NTV)
Production producer: Hayao Miyazaki
Publishing Manager: Toru Nozaki
Recording: Shuji Inoue
Recording Assistant:
Tsukuru Takagi
Tsutomu Asakura
Rough Character Designs: Yoshifumi Kondō
Sound Effects: Michihiro Itō
Sound Effects Assistant:
Takahisa Ishino
Tomohiro Horiuchi
Sound Production:
Kazumi Inashiro
Yasuyuki Imai
Special Effects: Kunji Tanifuji
SR-D Re-Recording:
Koji Abe
Noboru Nishio
Theme Song Arrangement: Yūji Nomi
Theme Song Composition:
Bill Danoff
John Denver
Taffy Nivert
Theme Song Performance:
Olivia Newton-John (OP)
Yōko Honna (ED)
Woodblock Print: Keisuke Miyazaki
Issei Takahashi as Seiji Amasawa
Yōko Honna as Shizuku Tsukishima

Keiju Kobayashi as Shirou Nishi (Owner of Chikyuuya)
Takashi Tachibana as Seiya Tsukishima
Yorie Yamashita as Shiho Tsukishima

Daisuke Fujita as Male student
Haruhiko Nakamura as Yuuko's father
Mai Chiba as Nao
Maiko Yoshiyama as Yuuko Harada
Masako Usui as Math teacher
Mayumi Iizuka as Kinuyo
Miku Kuga as Gaya
Minami Takayama as Kousaka-sensei
Shigeru Muroi as Asako Tsukushima (Shizuku's mother)
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as The Baron
Shiro Kishibe as Homeroom teacher
Suguru Egawa as Baseball commentator
Toshio Suzuki as Friend of Shirou Nishi
Yoshimi Nakajima as Sugimura

Japanese companies
Casting: BeWitch
Development: Imagica
Digital Film Services: Cinesite
In-Between Animation: Telecom Animation Film
Key Animation: Telecom Animation Film
Production Studio: Studio Ghibli
Recording Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Sound Production: Studio Moon
Special Thanks: The Yomiuri Shimbun
Technical Cooperation:
MURAO
Stac
Taiyo Shikisai
English cast
English staff
Executive producer: Rick Dempsey
Producer: Ned Lott

ADR Mixing: Doc Kane
Casting: Ned Lott
Color Timing: Chris DeLaGuardia
Dialogue Recording:
Bill Komar (additional)
Randy Coppinger
Post-Production Supervision: Cory Hansen
Re-Recording Mixing: Tom Dahl
Supervising ADR Editor: Petra Bach
Voice Direction: Rick Dempsey
Brittany Snow as Shizuku Tsukishima
David Gallagher as Seiji Amasawa

Courtney Thorne-Smith as Shiho Tsukishima
Harold Gould as Shirou Nishi
James B. Sikking as Seiya Tsukishima

A.J. Buckley as High School Student
Aaron Nelms as High School Student
Ashley Tisdale as Yuko Harada
Bradley Pierce as High School Student
Cary Elwes as The Baron
Courtnee Draper as High School Student
Deanna Russo as High School Student
Erin Chambers as High School Student
Jacy DeFilippo as High School Student
Jean Smart as Asako
Jillian Bowen as High School Student
Martin Spanjers as Sugimura
Mika Boorem as Kinuyo
Ryan O'Donohue as High School Student
Scott McAfee as High School Student

English companies
ADR Production: Buena Vista Sound Services
Broadcaster: Turner Classic Movies
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) 
Optimum Releasing (UK) 
Shout! Factory (USA/Canada, 2018–present)
Internet Streaming:
HBO Max (USA)
Netflix (Worldwide, excl. USA and Japan)
Licensed by:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney 
GKIDS (USA/Canada, 2018–present)
Negative Cutting: Buena Vista Negative Cutting
Korean staff
Korean cast
(none)
Il Kim as Seiji Amasawa
Seon-Hui Mun as Shizuku Tsukishima

Gwang Jang as Shirou Nishi (Owner of Chikyuuya)
Jae-Yong Lee as Yasuya Tsukishima (Shizuku's father)
Na-Yeon Kim as Shiho Tsukishima

Hye-Seon Jang as Kousaka
Il Kim as The Baron
Jeong-Ho Choi as Sugimura
Jung Ah Kim as Yuuko Harada
Ok-Hee Choi as Asako Tsukushima (Shizuku's mother)
Korean companies
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Jean-Marc Pannetier
French companies
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
ADR Director:
Alfonso Laguna (Spain dub; Aurum)
Juan Alfonso Arenas (Spain dub; Netflix)
Translation: Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)
ADR Script:
Alfonso Laguna (Spain dub; Aurum)
Natalia Gascón (Spain dub; Netflix)
Executive producer: Hilel Chelminsky (Zima Entertainment)

ADR Engineer: Álvaro Lozano (Spain dub; Netflix)
Insert Song Performance:
Ana Esther Alborg (Spain dub; Aurum)
Núria Trifol (Catalan dub)
Sara Iglesias (Spain dub; Netflix)
Mix Engineer: Álvaro Salgado (Spain dub; Netflix)
Project Coordination: Adrián del Pozo López (Spain dub; Netflix)
Ana Esther Alborg as Shizuku Tsukishima (Spain dub; Aurum)
Arturo Sian Vidal as Seiji Amasawa
Desiree Sandoval as Shizuku Tsukishima
Juan Alfonso Arenas as Seiji Amasawa (Spain dub; Netflix)
Luis Miguel Cajal as Seiji Amasawa (Spain dub; Aurum)
Masumi Mutsuda as Seiji Amasawa (Catalan dub)
Núria Trifol as Shizuku Tsukishima (Catalan dub)
Sara Iglesias as Shizuku Tsukishima (Spain dub; Netflix)

Abraham Aguilar as Seiya Tsukishima (Spain dub; Netflix)
Alfonso Laguna as Seiya Tsukishima (Spain dub; Aurum)
Eduardo Moreno as Shirou Nishi (Spain dub; Aurum)
Elisa Beuter as Shiho Tsukishima (Catalan dub)
Inés Blázquez as Shiho Tsukishima (Spain dub; Aurum)
Jorge García Insúa as Shiro Nishi (Spain dub; Netflix)
Josep Maria Ullod as Shirou Nishi (Catalan dub)
Mario Hernandez as Shiro Nishi
Marisol Castro as Shiho Tsukishima
Sara Heras as Shiho Tsukishima (Spain dub; Netflix)

Alex Meseguer as The Baron (Catalan dub)
Alfonso Laguna as Minami (Spain dub; Aurum)
Bernardo Rodriguez as Seiya Tsukishima
Celia de Diego as Professor Kosaka (Spain dub; Aurum)
Clemen Larumbe as Kosaka-sensei
David Jenner as Sugimura (Catalan dub)
Desirée Álvarez as Yuko Harada (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diana Torres as Asako Tsukishima (Spain dub; Netflix)
Diego del Arco as Sugimura (Spain dub; Netflix)
Eduard Doncos as Professor (Catalan dub)
Eduardo Bosch as The Baron (Spain dub; Aurum)
Eduardo Elías as Yasuya Tsukishima (Catalan dub)
Elena Palacios as Kinuyo (Spain dub; Aurum)
Enric Hernández as Pare de la Yuuki (Catalan dub)
Enrique Hernández as Pare de la Yuuki (Catalan dub)
Esther Ferreras as Kinuyo (Catalan dub)
Fernando Hernández as Kita (Spain dub; Aurum)
Gemma Martín as Asako Tsukishima (Spain dub)
Héctor Rocha as Sugimura
Iris Lago as Nao (Catalan dub)
Javier Balas as Sugimura (Spain dub; Aurum)
Jesus Barreda as Male Student (Spain dub; Aurum)
Juan Amador Pulido as The Baron (Spain dub; Netflix)
Lara Ullod as Yûko Harada (Catalan dub)
Lourdes Fabrés as Kinuyo (Catalan dub) 
Lourdes López as Asako Tsukishima (Catalan dub)
Margarida Gual as Veïna (Catalan dub)
Mario Hernandez as Narration
Marta Górriz as Professor Kosaka (Spain dub; Netflix)
Montserrat Roig as Professora Kosaka (Catalan dub) 
Patricia Mainou as Asako Tsukishima
Sandra Jara as Yuuko Harada (Spain dub; Aurum)
Sara Polo as Nao (Spain dub; Aurum)
Víctor Kuri as Baron Humbert Von Gikkingen

Alexia Lorrio (Spain dub; Netflix)
Angel Coomonte (Spain dub; Netflix)
Edson Ferrero (Spain dub; Netflix)
Eugenio Roldán (Spain dub; Netflix)
Iván de Pedro (Spain dub; Netflix)
Jordi Estupiñá (Spain dub; Aurum)
Jorge Peña (Spain dub; Netflix)
Juan Navarro Torello (Spain dub; Netflix)
Marc Torrents (Catalan dub)
Miquel Roldán (Catalan dub)
Verónica Llaneza Mielgo (Spain dub; Netflix)
Víctor Martínez (Spain dub; Aurum)
Spanish companies
ADR Production: BTI Studios (Netflix)
Broadcaster:
Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America)
Canal MAX (Latin America)
Cinema + (Colombia)
HBO (Latin America)
HBO Latin America
Movistar Drama (Spain)
Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Teleantioquia (Colombia)
Distributor:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Vértigo Films (Spain; theaters)
Dubbing Studio:
Soundub (Spain dub; Aurum)
Tecnison (Spain dub; Netflix)
Zima Entertainment
DVD Distribution:
Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Zima Entertainment
Internet Streaming: Señal Colombia (Colombia)
Licensed by:
Aurum Producciones (Spain)
Vértigo Films (Spain; 2018)
Zima Entertainment (Mexico)
Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Executive producer: Romina Franzini

Dialogues: Gualtiero Cannarsi
Dubbing Assistant: Daniela Inserra
Dubbing Engineer: Massimo Viterbini
Emanuela Ionica as Shizuku Tsukishima
Manuel Meli as Seiji Amasawa

Domitilla D'Amico as Shiho Tsukishima
Giancarlo Padoan as Shirou Nishi

Alex Polidori as Sugimura
Benedetta Gravina as Yuuko Harada
Federica De Bortoli as Kousaka-sensei
Franco Mannella as Baron
Giulia Tarquini as Kinuyo
Luciano Turi as Minami
Massimo Gentile as Seiya Tsukushima
Sabrina Duranti as Asako Tsukushima
Italian companies
Distributor: Lucky Red
Dubbing: Technicolor
Internet Streaming: Mediaset Infinity
German staff
German cast
(none)
Gabrielle Pietermann as Shizuku Tsukishima
Max Felder as Seiji Amasawa

Erich Ludwig as Shiro Nishi
Maren Rainer as Shiho Tsukishima

Claudia Lössl as Asako Tsukishima
Gerd Meyer as Seiya Tsukishima
Inez Günther as Kosaka
Jacqueline Belle as Yûko Harada
Johannes Wolko as Sugimura
Katharina Berthold as Kinuyo
Manou Lubowski as Baron
German companies
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Monolith Films
Internet Streaming: Netflix
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese staff
Portuguese companies
(none)
Broadcaster:
Canal MAX (subtituled)
RTP2 (Portugal)
Distributor: Outsider Films (Portugal)
Internet Streaming: Netflix (subtituled)
Portuguese cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd.
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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