The Garden of Words
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
- Year: 2013
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Animation, Drama, Romance
- Studio: CoMix Wave Films
- Keyword: chocolate, age difference, garden, rain, alcoholism, coming of age, tokyo, japan, cityscape, high school student, teacher student relationship, high school teacher, rainstorm, seinen, abuse, shoemaker, anime, adult child friendship, japanese, student crush on teacher, melodramatic
- Director: Makoto Shinkai
- Cast: Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda, Yuka Terasaki, Takanori Hoshino