Shinkai Makoto is not a strange name for Japanese Anime lovers. In addition to being a novelist, he also takes on many other roles such as director, filmmaker, graphic designer and painter. Shinkai's films often show sadness, separation and unhappy endings that make viewers regret, reflect and accept it as a part of their current life, hence his nickname "The Wizard of Sorrows" by anime fans. So let's take a look at the 10 best movies that made the name of talented filmmaker Shinkai Makoto with Topshare!
1 Suzume Locking Up the Doors (2022)
Suzume Locking Up the Doors - Poster - Cre: CGV Cinemas Vietnam
Trailer
Khóa chặt cửa nào Suzume (すずめの戸締まり, Hepburn: Suzume no Tojimari) là một bộ phim hoạt hình thuộc thể loại hành động viễn tưởng và hài kịch của Nhật. Bối cảnh phim lấy nhiều cảm hứng từ các tỉnh thành ở Nhật, Iwato Suzume cùng với Sōta Munakata, lúc bấy giờ bị biến thành một chiếc ghế ba chân bởi chú mèo từng là Yêu Thạch, cùng nhau rong ruổi khắp nơi sau cuộc gặp tình cờ của cả hai để đóng hết tất cả các cánh cửa nhằm ngăn chặn thảm họa đang đe dọa người dân trên khắp đất nước Nhật Bản. Bộ phim nhận được nhiều đánh giá tích cực, xứng đáng là một trong những bom tấn hoạt hình hay nhất của đầu năm 2022.
ĐẠO DIỄN: Shinkai Makoto
BIÊN KỊCH: Shinkai Makoto
DIỄN VIÊN: Hara Nanoka, Matsumura Hokuto, Fukatsu Eri, Yamane Ann,...
THỜI LƯỢNG: 122p
SỐ TẬP: 1
THỂ LOẠI: Anime
TÌNH TRẠNG: Hoàn thành
NĂM PHÁT HÀNH: 2022
QUỐC GIA: Nhật Bản
2 Your Name (2016)
Your Name - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
Trailer
Your Name (Kimi no Na wa) is a Japanese animated film in the genre of romance and fantasy. The film is about the body swap and emotional journey of the two main characters: Taki Tachibana - a Tokyo city boy who works part-time and Miyamizu Mitsuha - a school-age country girl, Get bored with life here. This serendipity has caused the two geographically distant identities to gradually become more connected, breaking down barriers in human relationships. The film had the highest box office gross in Japan in 2016, creating a pan-Asian craze at the time.
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Kamiki Ryunosuke, Kamishiraishi Mone, Nagasawa Masami,...
DURATION: 107p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 2016
COUNTRY: Japan
3 Weathering with You (2019)
Weathering with You - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
Weathering with You - Trailer
Weathering with You (天気の子, Hepburn: Tenki no Ko) is a Japanese romantic, fantasy and psychological anime film released in 2019. The plot revolves around Hokada - a high school student who is ready to run away from his family to live in Tokyo, which is why he meets Hina, a girl who has the ability to change the weather. Both of them take advantage of this special ability to make a living, especially his younger brother Hina, who is in school. But the girl did not expect that her strength would bring unpredictable consequences. The film is a beautiful story about connecting people with nature, friendship, daily life and weather effects that satisfy the viewer's eye
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Daigo Kotaro, Mori Nana, Shun Oguri, Kiryuu Sakura,...
DURATION: 111p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 2019
COUNTRY: Japan
4 The Garden of Words (2013)
The Garden of Words - Poster - Cre: KhoPhimVN
The Garden of Words - Trailer
The Garden of Words (言の葉の庭, Hepburn: Kotonoha no Niwa) is an animated film of the romantic and psychological genre, released in 2013. The film is covered with sadness and the story between two people who meet in the past. summer showers. The story revolves around a 15-year-old student, Akizuki Takao, who dreams of becoming a shoemaker. He likes it when it rains because it gives him a sense of peace and comfort. 27-year-old teacher Yukari Yukino working at Takao School suddenly got caught in an unnecessary scandal that caused her stress and had to stop teaching, since then she often goes to the park on rainy days. Two different souls thus began to enter each other's lives, gradually becoming in tune and becoming each other's soul mates, seemingly wishing for sudden showers to meet each other under the park. Shinkai Makoto has been extremely successful in building the plot, characters, images, sounds, which are gentle but attractive and overwhelming.
Director: Shinkai Makoto
Writer: Shinkai Makoto
Actors: Irino Miyu, Hanazawa Kana, ...
DURATION: 46p
VOLUME: 1
Genre: Anime
STATUS: Completed
ISSUED YEAR: 2013
COUNTRY: Japan
5 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)
5 Centimeters Per Second - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
5 Centimeters Per Second - Trailer
5 Centimeters Per Second (秒速5センチメートル, Hepburn: Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) is the beautiful but sad story of Toono Takaki and Shinohara Akari. The two became close friends in elementary school. The two's life went on gently and smoothly, until the geographical distance separated the young couple. Because they missed each other so much, the two found each other and gave their first kiss, at the same time, the two never met again. When Takaki became a senior in high school, he was still haunted by his first love, making it impossible for Kanae to express his long-buried feelings. Later, when he grew up and went to work, the nostalgia for his old love was so great that he suffered, tormented and haunted. It was fortunate that later, when he met Akari again, he decided to leave the past behind and smiled contentedly after many years.
Director: Shinkai Makoto
Writer: Shinkai Makoto
Actors: Mizuhashi Kenji, Kondō Yoshimi, Onoue Ayaka, Hanamura Satomi,...
DURATION: 65p
VOLUME: 1
Genre: Anime
STATUS: Completed
ISSUED YEAR: 2007
COUNTRY: Japan
6 The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
The Place Promised in Our Early Days - Trailer
The Place Promised in Our Early Days (雲のむこう、約束の場所, Hepburn: Kumo no Mukō, Yakusoku no Basho) is a true story of separation. The film is set in a fictional setting, Japan is divided between the North and the South. Hiroki, Sayuri and Takuya, 3 unfortunate children born in turbulent times but still have an innocent look, often interested, curious about the Federation tower and promising big things. After Sayuri mysteriously disappears, Takuya and Hiroki have a life of their own, but it is from that time that terrible secrets of the United States and the Federation are gradually revealed. The film emphasizes the friendship between the fierce bombed battlefield, as well as the ambition to unify the two regions of the country.
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masato Hagigara, Yūka Nanri, Kazuhiko Inoue,...
DURATION: 91p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 2004
COUNTRY: Japan
7 She and Her Cat: Their standing points (1999)
She and Her Cat: Their standing points - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
She and Her Cat: Their standing points - Film
She and Her Cat: Their standing points (彼女と彼女の猫, Hepburn: Kanojo to Kanojo no Neko) is a 1999 black-and-white film with a simple, mundane and pure story. Chobi the cat tells the story of being brought back by her because he was abandoned on the street. Chobi loves his mistress dearly, and also has a girlfriend named Mimi but rejects Chobi's offer of marriage. Suddenly one autumn day, the mistress breaks down after a phone call, Chobi appears as a medicine to heal, comfort her and continue her current life with Chobi.
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Makoto Shinkai, Miko Shinohara
DURATION: 5p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 1999
COUNTRY: Japan
8 Crossroad (2014)
Crossroad - Poster - Cre: IMDb
Crossroad - Film - Cre: zkaipr
Crossroad (クロスロード) is actually a short advertisement for the Z-kai education service. The story revolves around Miho and Shouta's study for university exams. Two seemingly strange people in two places, Miho on an island from the mainland and Shouta in magnificent Tokyo, but the two have a strange connection. At the end of the scene, the two bump into each other as if fate was arranged.
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Ayane Sakura, Masahiko Tanaka, Kensho Ono
DURATION: 2p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 2014
COUNTRY: Japan
9 Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
Voices of a Distant Star - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
Voices of a Distant Star - Trailer - Cre: Neo Film Reviews
Voices of a Distant Star (ほしのこえ, Hepburn: Hoshi no Koe) is a 2002 sci-fi, psychological and romantic film. The film is set in a future universe threatened by the aliens Tarsia, so the Lysithea fleet is formed to fight this force. Mikako Nagamine qualified to become a member of the fleet. Next to Mikako is her best friend Terao Noboru, the two are close friends, trying together in their young years. Later Lysithea moved further and further away from earth, the communication of the pair became more and more difficult due to the large space-time distance. Each footage, each message makes viewers reflect, although the separation is full of pain, the two hearts are always towards each other.
DIRECTOR: Makoto Shinkai
WRITER: Makoto Shinkai
CAST: Chihiro Suzuki, Sumi Mutō, Donna Burke
DURATION: 25p
EPISODES: 1
GENRE: Anime
STATUS: Complete
RELEASE YEAR: 2002
COUNTRY: Japan
10 Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below (2011)
Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below - Poster - Cre: Wikipedia
Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below - Film
Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below (星を追う子ども, Hepburn: Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo) is a story about the chance meeting of two people in two different worlds. Asuna Watase, an elementary school student, matures before her age, meets a young man named Shun Canaan Preases in the strange country of Agartha. Shun often said cryptic things to Asuna, ignoring his inability to stay on the ground for long just to see the girl he loved. And then the sad thing happened, Shun's body was found on a gray cloudy day that made viewers' hearts feel like someone was suffocating. Asuna didn't believe such nonsense until the appearance of her younger brother, Shin, made her gradually accept the truth. But she still and teacher Morisaki started the journey to find her beloved at the end of the world. The film clearly shows the blindness, the desire to have love, although it is pitiful and reprehensible at times, but then those people accept to live in the loss, serenely saying goodbye to the deceased.
Director: Shinkai Makoto
Writer: Shinkai Makoto
Actors: Kanemoto Hisako, Inoue Kazuhiko, Irino Miyu,...
DURATION: 116p
VOLUME: 1
Genre: Anime
STATUS: Completed
ISSUED YEAR: 2011
COUNTRY: Japan
