New Trailer, Japanese Voice Cast Unveiled for Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Suzume’

Ahead of Makoto Shinkai’s latest feature-length animated film, Suzume, hitting the silver screens in Japan in the first half of next month, CoMix Wave Films, STORY and TOHO have shared both a new trailer, and an updated Japanese voice cast list for the film.

Already confirmed Japanese voice cast members include Nanoka Hara as Suzume Iwato and Hokuto Matsumura as Souta Munakata. Joining the pair will be actor Eri Fukatsu as Suzume’s aunt, Tamaki Iwato, who lives with Suzume as her guardian, while working as a manager at a fishing company. Joining her will be Kabuki actor Hakuo Matsumoto, who will be playing Souta’s grandfather and Master Closer Hitsujiro Munakata, who is stern and cold but cares deeply for Souta.

Minoru Okabe, Tamaki’s fisherman colleague, will be voiced by Shota Sometani. Rumi Ninomiya, the bar hostess and single mother of two who Suzume encounters in Kobe, will be voiced by Sairi Ito. Chika Amabe, the energetic high school girl Suzume meets in Aichi, will be voiced by Kotone Hanase. And, Suzume’s mother Tsubame Iwato will be voiced by Kana Hanazawa.

Suzume will arrive in cinemas across Japan starting 11 November 2022, with debuts in other markets set to take place in Early 2023 by CrunchyRoll.

About Suzume

17-year-old Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, “I’m looking for a door.” What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Seemingly drawn by its power, Suzume reaches for the knob…

Doors begin to open one after another all across Japan, unleashing destruction upon any who are near. Souta is known as a “Closer” who travels across Japan locking these doors shut.

As the door opens, however, the mysterious white cat nicknamed “AristoCat” appears before them. “I love Suzume, but you [Souta] are in the way” as it uttered those words, Souta becomes Suzume’s childhood chair, she has cherished since she was little. Souta chases the cat as a 3-legged chair, and Suzume sprints after Souta in a panic. Eventually, they will travel together from Kyushu to Shikoku, Kansai and Tokyo on their journey to close doors.

On her travels, Suzume encounters several people who help her as she helps them. But what awaited her at the end of her journey was a certain truth that has been long forgotten.

Guided by these mysterious doors, Suzume’s journey is about to begin.

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