Keiko Takeshita

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”

Set in 1963 Yokohama, this animated film follows the story of Umi Matsuzaki, a high school student who becomes involved in a campaign to save her school’s clubhouse from demolition….

In this enchanting animated film, a young boy named Sho discovers a secret world beneath the floorboards of his home, inhabited by tiny people known as Borrowers. The story follows…