Whisper of the Heart - DVD

This striking live-action, same-named sequel to the 1995 Hayao Miyazaki anime classic picks up with the romance of Shizuku Tsukishima (Nana Seino) and Seiji Amasawa (Tori Matsuzaka) 10 years later, as he's full speed ahead as a classical cellist in Italy while her own literary ambitions continue to founder. Runa Yasuhara and Tsubasa Nakagawa play the lovers as school kids in flashback; Marika Matsumoto, Yôko Moriguchi also star. 114 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles.

This striking live-action, same-named sequel to the 1995 Hayao Miyazaki anime classic picks up with the romance of Shizuku Tsukishima (Nana Seino) and Seiji Amasawa (Tori Matsuzaka) 10 years later, as he's full speed ahead as a classical cellist in Italy while her own literary ambitions continue to founder. Runa Yasuhara and Tsubasa Nakagawa play the lovers as school kids in flashback; Marika Matsumoto, Yôko Moriguchi also star. 114 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Japanese; Subtitles English. In Japanese with English subtitles.

Anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki scripted and produced this adaptation of a popular girls' comic series. When teenage schoolgirl Shizuku discovers the books she borrowed from the library were all previously checked out by the same person, her quest to find the mystery man leads to surprises and an unexpected romance. Voices by Cary Elwes, David Gallagher, Brittany Snow. 111 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles English (SDH), French. In Japanese with English subtitles/Dubbed in English. Two-disc set.