Weathering with You (2019)
“A story about the secret of this world that only I and she know.”
Movie20191h 52mJapanese
Our verdict
Must watch
Audiences rate this among the best of its kind.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 2,716 ratings.
Movie review: Weathering with You
Weathering with You is a film from 2019. It is catalogued under Animation, Drama, Fantasy. Its listed tagline is “A story about the secret of this world that only I and she know.”
Story
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hodaka runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if taking its cue from his life. After many days of solitude, he finally finds work as a freelance writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then, one day, Hodaka meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 8.0/10 based on 2,716 votes.
Production
Release date: July 19, 2019 · Runtime: 112 minutes · Original language: Japanese · Reported budget: $11,100,000 · Reported revenue: $192,729,404
Official trailer
Cast
Kotaro Daigo
Nana Mori
Tsubasa Honda
Sakura Kiryu
Sei Hiraizumi
Chieko Baisho
Shun Oguri
Yuki Kaji
Sumi Shimamoto
Moe Katsuki
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