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Tombstone for Fireflies (1988)
火垂るの墓
★ 8.3 (925 ratings) director: 高畑勋 actor: 辰己努 / 白石绫乃 …
other title: 萤火虫之墓 / 火垂るの墓 …
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
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Spirited Away (2001)
千と千尋の神隠し
★ 9.3 (3062 ratings) director: Hayao Miyazaki actor: Rumi Hiiragi / Miyu Irino …
other title: 千与千寻 / 千と千尋の神隠し …
A young girl, Chihiro, becomes trapped in a strange new world of spirits. When her parents undergo a mysterious transformation, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free her family.
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My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
となりのトトロ
★ 9.1 (2272 ratings) director: 宫崎骏 actor: 日高范子 / 坂本千夏 …
other title: 龙猫 / となりのトトロ …
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
風の谷のナウシカ
★ 8.8 (1068 ratings) director: 宫崎骏 actor: 岛本须美 / 松田洋治 …
other title: 风之谷 / 風の谷のナウシカ …
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
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The Borrower Arrietty (2010)
借りぐらしのアリエッティ
★ 8.4 (1186 ratings) director: 米林宏昌 actor: 志田未来 / 神木隆之介 …
other title: 借东西的小人阿莉埃蒂 / 借りぐらしのアリエッティ …
14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
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Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015) IMDb TMDB Douban
リトル・フォレスト 冬・春
★ 8.6 (953 ratings) director: 森淳一 actor: 桥本爱 / 三浦贵大 …
other title: 小森林 冬春篇 / リトル・フォレスト 冬・春 …
Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.
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Heart and Yummie (2010)
おまえうまそうだな
★ 8.4 (737 ratings) director: 藤森雅也 actor: 山口胜平 / 爱河里花子 …
other title: 你看起来好像很好吃 / おまえうまそうだな …
Heart is a tyrannosaurus who is found and raised bv a herbivore mother. After learning his true nature as a meat eater, he runs away from home and finds a baby ankylosaurus egg that hatches and thinks Heart is his father. After accidentally naming the baby Yummie - thinking he looked tasty - their love for one another tests the bounds of nature vs. nurture.
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Your Name (2016)
君の名は。
★ 8.2 (2564 ratings) director: 新海诚 actor: 神木隆之介 / 上白石萌音 …
other title: 你的名字。 / 君の名は。 …
High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
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The Seven Samurai (1954)
七人の侍
★ 9.4 (850 ratings) director: 黑泽明 actor: 三船敏郎 / 志村乔 …
other title: 七武士 / 七人の侍 …
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach the people how to defend themselves, and the villagers provide the soldiers with food.