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When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There

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Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.

July 19, 2014 · Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

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Runtime1h 43m
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Feels like1h 50m
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How it's told
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Tone
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What it's grounded in
Realism
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Cast & crew

Sara Takatsuki
Anna Sasaki (voice)
Kasumi Arimura
Marnie (voice)
Nanako Matsushima
Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Susumu Terajima
Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Toshie Negishi
Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Ryoko Moriyama
Elderly Lady (voice)
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Nanny (voice)
Hitomi Kuroki
Hisako (voice)
Hiroyuki Morisaki
Art Teacher (voice)
Takuma Otoo
Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)
Hana Sugisaki
Sayaka (voice)
Bari Suzuki
Elderly Lady 2 (voice)

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