Kotonoha no Niwa

The Garden of Words

A film that treasures the poetry of chance meetings and unhurried romance, where rainy gardens matter as much as the souls inhabiting them. Shinkai crafts an intimate meditation on how deeply two people can understand each other within fleeting moments.

Some people revel and play in the rain; others dread it and hide at the first drop. For high school student Takao, a summer shower is a source of artistic inspiration… but when he skips school in order to sketch in a rainy garden, Takao finds an even greater muse in Yukino, an older woman who seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages and lives, they strike up a comfortable relationship that slowly evolves as they randomly meet in the same garden whenever it rains. But with the rainy season coming to a close, Takao wonders if there's enough time left to put his feelings into actions and words. (Source: Sentai Filmworks)