When Marnie Was There

Name: When Marnie Was There
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family
Released: 2014-07-19
Rating: 7.931

Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.

Film20141h 43mReleased

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Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Language: Japanese
Released: 2014-07-19
Runtime: 1h 43m

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Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

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Sara TakatsukiAnna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi ArimuraMarnie (voice)
Nanako MatsushimaYoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu TerajimaKiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie NegishiSetsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryoko MoriyamaElderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko YoshiyukiNanny (voice)
Hitomi KurokiHisako (voice)
Hiroyuki MorisakiArt Teacher (voice)
Takuma OtooNeighborhood Association Officer (voice)

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