Suzume
Seen it?2022 | 122 min | Animation, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy
Saturday SpecialWhy it’s a Saturday Special
It made about 24 times its budget, it earned strong reviews (96% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences rate it highly (7.9 out of 10). A strong pick for the weekend.
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.
- The mood
- Feel-good.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 2 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsStrong
96% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesStrong
7.9 out of 10
- AwardsStrong
Nominated for 1 Golden Globe and 1 Berlin award.
- Box office & staying powerVery strong
$315 million worldwide on a $13 million budget; spent 1 week in Netflix's global Top 10
- Buzz & cultural impactStrong
About 390K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Makoto Shinkai
- Nanoka HaraSuzume Iwato (voice)
- Hokuto MatsumuraSouta Munakata (voice)
- Eri FukatsuTamaki Iwato (voice)
- Shota SometaniMinoru Okabe (voice)
- Sairi ItoRumi Ninomiya (voice)
- Kotone HanaseChika Amabe (voice)
- Kana HanazawaTsubame Iwato (voice)
- Matsumoto Hakuō IIHitsujiro Munakata (voice)
- Ryunosuke KamikiTomoya Serizawa (voice)
- Ann YamaneDaijin (voice)