Directed by: Yoshifumi Kondo
Starring: Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Keiju Kobayashi
Yes, another Studio Ghibli film! This one however was directed by Yoshifumi Kondo and was his first and last film before his death. It has a very realistic storyline and was so good that it spawned the spin-off film The Cat Returns.
I liked this film and all but it was slightly boring compared to many other Ghibli films.
The plot goes like this: Shizuku is a 14 year old girl who loves reading and translating lyrics (especially "Country Road" by John Denver, the title music is Olivia Newton John's version of this song). One day, she sees a fat cat on the train and decides to follow it to find out where it goes. It takes her to an antique shop where she finds the most beautiful statue of a cat she has ever seen. The shop's owner comes out and tells her that the cat is called 'Baron Humbert Von Gikkingen", the same cat from The Cat Returns.
She then sees Seiju Amasawa, a boy whom she had run into earlier, outside the shop. They exchange words and eventually grow closer to each other as the film moves on.
The film revolves around Shizuku's love life and her hobbies of writing a novel based on the Baron.
It is brilliantly directed and has all the charm of a Studio Ghibli film but I was getting extremely bored near the end. I did like it though.
80%
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