Suzume


Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners

Suzume by Makoto Shinkai
JPN 2022, Competition
© 2022 "Suzume" Film Partners
Written and directed by anime auteur Makoto Shinkai, this epic adventure takes us across the length and breadth of Japan, venturing outside metropolitan hubs to seek doors of disaster in the abandoned infrastructures of depopulated rural areas. As we follow this young woman in her frantic search, we realise that she is also engaged in a personal quest for maturity and freedom. An intimate portrait that is also a study of a vulnerable yet combative nation, Suzume is a sign of resilience at a time when Mother Earth is sending humankind evidence of her fury.
With
- Nanoka Hara (Suzume Iwato)
- Hokuto Matsumura (Souta Munakata)
- Eri Fukatsu (Tamaki Iwato)
- Shota Sometani (Minoru Okabe)
- Sairi Ito (Rumi Ninomiya)
- Kotone Hanase (Chika Amabe)
- Kana Hanazawa (Tsubame Iwato)
- Ryunosuke Kamiki (Tomoya Serizawa)
- Hakuo Matsumoto (Hitsujiro Munakata)
Crew
Director | Makoto Shinkai |
Screenplay | Makoto Shinkai |
Editing | Makoto Shinkai |
Character Design | Masayoshi Tanaka |
Animation Director | Kenichi Tsuchiya |
Music | Radwimps, Kazuma Jinnouchi |
Art Director | Takumi Tanji |
Production Manager | Tomohiro Tokunaga |
Producer | Genki Kawamura |
Co-Producers | Wakana Okamura, Kinue Ito |
Executive Producers | Noritaka Kawaguchi, Yoshihiro Furusawa |
Co-Production | Story Tokio |
World Sales
Produced by
CoMix Wave Films

Nanoka Hara
The actor who lent her voice to Suzume at the Photo Call.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Makoto Shinkai
The filmmaker at the Press Conference.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Suzume
A fan with the protagonist of the animated film at the Red Carpet.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Nanoka Hara
The actor signing her Star Portrait.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Nanoka Hara
The actor at the premiere inside Berlinale Palast.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Group Picture
The film team holding the little yellow chair from the movie, flanked by the festival directors.
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023

Makoto Shinkai
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch

Nanoka Hara
Suzume · Competition · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch
Genki Kawamura, Makoto Shinkai, Nanoka Hara
Suzume
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 23, 2023
Suzume
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 23, 2023
Makoto Shinkai

Born in the Japanese prefecture of Nagano in 1973, he made his directing debut in 2002 with his self-produced short film Voices of a Distant Star. His first feature film, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, won Best Animated Film at the 59th Mainichi Film Awards. His subsequent films also won several prizes at national and international festivals. In 2016, Your Name was a commercial and critical success, winning numerous international awards and going on to become the second-highest grossing Japanese film. His most recent film, Weathering With You, topped the box office in Japan in 2019.
Filmography
2002 Hoshi no koe (Voices of a Distant Star) 2004 Kumo no mukou yakusoku no basho (The Place Promised in Our Early Days) 2007 Byosoku 5 senchimetoru (5 Centimeters Per Second) 2011 Hoshi wo ou kodomo (Children Who Chase Lost Voices) 2013 Kotonoha no niwa (The Garden of Words) 2016 Kimi no na wa (Your Name) 2019 Tenki no ko (Weathering With You) 2022 Suzume
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2023