Directed by | Yoshifumi Kondō |
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Produced by | Toshio Suzuki |
Screenplay by | Hayao Miyazaki |
Based on | Whisper of the Heart by Aoi Hiiragi |
Starring | Yoko Honna Issei Takahashi Shigeru Muroi Takashi Tachibana Keiju Kobayashi |
Music by | Yūji Nomi |
Cinematography | Atsushi Okui |
Editing by | Takeshi Seyama |
Studio | Studio Ghibli |
Distributed by | Japan: Toho North America: Walt Disney Pictures |
Release date(s) | July 15, 1995 |
Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Music
The film score of Whisper of the Heart was composed by Yuji Nomi. Throughout the film, Shizuku creates translations of John Denver's song "Take Me Home, Country Roads" into Japanese for her school's chorus club. She also writes her own humorous Japanese version of the song, called "Concrete Road," about her hometown in western Tokyo. The songs were actually translated by producer Toshio Suzuki's daughter Mamiko with Hayao Miyazaki writing supplemental lyrics. These songs play a role at various points in the story. A recording of "Take Me Home, Country Roads", performed by Olivia Newton-John, plays during the film's opening sequence. The song was also performed by Shizuku's voice actress Yoko Honna.
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