When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There

Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.

2014•1h 43m•7.9/10

AnimationDramaFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.9/10(2K)

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.

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Production

Studio Ghibli, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, KDDI, Nippon Television Network Corporation, TOHO, dentsu, The Walt Disney Company (Japan), Mitsubishi

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Sara Takatsuki

Sara Takatsuki

Anna Sasaki (voice)

Kasumi Arimura

Kasumi Arimura

Marnie (voice)

Nanako Matsushima

Nanako Matsushima

Yoriko Sasaki (voice)

Susumu Terajima

Susumu Terajima

Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Setsu Oiwa (voice)

Ryoko Moriyama

Ryoko Moriyama

Elderly Lady (voice)

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Nanny (voice)

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Hisako (voice)

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Hiroyuki Morisaki

Art Teacher (voice)

Takuma Otoo

Takuma Otoo

Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)

Hana Sugisaki

Hana Sugisaki

Sayaka (voice)

Bari Suzuki

Bari Suzuki

Elderly Lady 2 (voice)

Shigeyuki Totsugi

Shigeyuki Totsugi

Marnie's Father (voice)

Ken Yasuda

Ken Yasuda

Toichi (voice)

Yo Oizumi

Yo Oizumi

Dr. Yamashita (voice)

Yuhko Kaida

Yuhko Kaida

Marnie's Mother (voice)

Renge Ishiyama

Renge Ishiyama

Emily (voice)

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