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When Marnie Was There

Movie·2014·Animation, Drama, Family·1h 43m·7.9 (1,971)·Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi

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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.

Castfull cast & details

Sara TakatsukiSara TakatsukiAnna Sasaki (voice)Kasumi ArimuraKasumi ArimuraMarnie (voice)Nanako MatsushimaNanako MatsushimaYoriko Sasaki (voice)Susumu TerajimaSusumu TerajimaKiyomasa Oiwa (voice)Toshie NegishiToshie NegishiSetsu Oiwa (voice)Ryoko MoriyamaRyoko MoriyamaElderly Lady (voice)Kazuko YoshiyukiKazuko YoshiyukiNanny (voice)Hitomi KurokiHitomi KurokiHisako (voice)

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