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Makoto Shinkai Talks ‘Suzume’: ‘Don’t Give Up on Living’

Makoto Shinkai Talks ‘Suzume’: ‘Don’t Give Up on Living’
Makoto Shinkai Talks ‘Suzume’: ‘Don’t Give Up on Living’

The ‘Your Name’ and ‘Weathering with You’ director wants his new Annie Award-nominated film, about a young woman who finds herself opening a series of doors to disaster that take her on a mysterious journey, to inspire people impacted by tragedy to not give up hope. 

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How ‘Suzume’ Reflects the Japanese Culture of Self-Sacrifice and Conformity

How ‘Suzume’ Reflects the Japanese Culture of Self-Sacrifice and Conformity
How ‘Suzume’ Reflects the Japanese Culture of Self-Sacrifice and Conformity

Actor Nichole Sakura, who voices the film’s titular character, shares how summers spent as a kid in Japan provided unique insight into her role, and helping write the English dub, on Makoto Shinkai’s latest film, born of his survivor’s guilt having lived through the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011.

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