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Drifting Home

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2022 | 121 min | Animation, Fantasy, Adventure

Weeknight Watch

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for fantasy fans, adventure fans and animation lovers. If you loved Pleasantville or Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, start here.
The mood
Feel-good.
The pace
Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 1 min.
What might put you off
  • Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

One fateful summer, a group of elementary school kids set adrift on an abandoned apartment building must look within themselves to find a way back home.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    69% on Rotten Tomatoes, 59 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesSolid

    7.4 out of 10

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a modest audience

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 41K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Hiroyasu Ishida

  • Mutsumi TamuraKosuke Kumagaya (voice)
  • Asami SetoNatsume Tonai (voice)
  • Ayumu MuraseNoppo (voice)
  • Daiki YamashitaYuzuru Tachibana (voice)
  • Yumiko KobayashiTaishi Koiwai (voice)
  • Inori MinaseReina Haba (voice)
  • Kana HanazawaJuri Ando (voice)
  • Bin ShimadaYasuji Kumagaya (voice)
  • Rikako AikawaYasuko Kumagaya (voice)
  • Nana MizukiSatoko Tonai (voice)