Suzume
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Kanji | すずめの戸締まり |
Literal meaning | Suzume's Locking-Up |
Revised Hepburn | Suzume no Tojimari |
Directed by | Makoto Shinkai |
Written by | Makoto Shinkai |
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Starring |
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Edited by | Makoto Shinkai |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 122 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | $301.2 million[2] |
Suzume (Japanese: すずめの戸締まり, Hepburn: Suzume no Tojimari, lit. "Suzume's Locking Up") is a 2022 Japanese animated fantasy adventure film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, produced by CoMix Wave Films, and distributed by Toho. The film features the voices of Nanoka Hara and Hokuto Matsumura, with the character designs by Masayoshi Tanaka, animation direction by Kenichi Tsuchiya, art direction by Takumi Tanji, and music by Radwimps and Kazuma Jinnouchi. Suzume is Shinkai's third collaboration with Radwimps and Tanaka, after Your Name (2016) and Weathering with You (2019), and was inspired by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The film follows 17-year-old high school student Suzume Iwato and Souta Munakata, who team up to prevent a series of disasters across Japan.
The film began its production in early 2020, eventually being announced as completed by October 2022. A novel adaptation, also written by Shinkai, and a manga series illustrated by Denki Amashima both debuted prior to the film's release.
Suzume first premiered in IMAX in Japan on November 7, 2022, and was theatrically released nationwide on November 11; it was released internationally across 2023 by Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Releasing (under the Sony Pictures Releasing International banner), and Wild Bunch International. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its animation, characters, emotional weight and music, although some reviewers criticized the plot for being structurally similar to Shinkai's previous films. It has grossed over $301.2 million worldwide, becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan and the fourth-highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.
Plot
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Suzume Iwato is a 17-year-old high school girl who lives with her aunt in Kyushu. One night, she dreams of searching for her mother as a child in a ruined neighborhood. The next morning, while headed for school, Suzume encounters a young man searching for abandoned areas with doors. She tells him about an old onsen resort nearby, then follows the man herself to the resort. Suzume finds a door standing alone on its frame, which shows a starlit field through the doorway, but she is unable to enter it. She picks up a cat statue which becomes a real cat and flees. Frightened, she heads back to school. During lunchtime, Suzume notices a blaze-like column arising from the site of the onsen that nobody else can see. Returning there, she finds the man from before, trying to close the door. Seeing him struggle and get injured, Suzume rushes to help. They successfully close the door and the red column disappears, but not before crashing invisibly into the town and causing earthquake-like damage.
Suzume takes the man, Souta Munakata, to her home to bandage his wound. He explains that he travels across Japan, finding and locking doors in abandoned places to prevent a giant supernatural "worm" from causing earthquakes. The cat from the resort appears and turns Souta into the child's chair he was sitting on. Souta, now a three-legged chair, chases the cat to a ferry headed for Ehime with Suzume following. He describes the cat as a keystone, and that the worm was released after its removal from near the abandoned door.
At Ehime, the pair use clues on social media from locals who have photographed the cat and named it "Daijin" to follow it across Shikoku. With the help of local resident Chika, they find the worm and close its door of entry at an abandoned school. They stay at Chika's home after the fiasco and Suzume finds out that the school used to be where Chika attended middle school. When they leave trying to find someone who can take them to Kobe, the location of next door, a mother named Rumi picks them up since she's from there. When they arrive at the city Rumi asks Suzume to babysit her twin toddlers and help serve customers at her bar afterward. At the bar Suzume finds Daijin sitting with the patrons waiting for them to notice him and the worm reemerging. Suzume and Sōta chase after Daijin to an old abandoned amusement park where the worm is located. Sōta demands that Daijin turn back into a keystone, but he refuses, wanting to "play" with Suzume. Suzume tasked to close the door is enchanted by seeing the starlit field again but this time with her childhood self and an unknown female figure in the distance. Sōta has to abandon fighting the cat in order to save Suzume from falling and to make sure the portal is closed. After locking the door Sōta explains the portal leads to the Ever-After where souls go after death. As they spend the night at Rumi's bar, it is revealed that Sōta is losing his sense of self in his chair form.
After tracking Daijin to Tokyo, Sōta has Suzume take him to his apartment. He explains the myth of the worm Namazu, and how it is pacified by the placement of two keystones in eastern and western Japan. The western keystone has become the cat Daijin, while records of the eastern keystone's location are obscure. Should the worm appear in Tokyo, it could destroy the city similar to the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake. Daijin reappears and reveals that he had passed on his function as a keystone to Sōta's chair form. After finding the reemerged worm, Sōta turns into a keystone in Suzume's hands, leaving Suzume to seal it away. She does so and wakes up in a water cave housing Tokyo's doorway. Peering into the Ever-After, she sees the keystone Sōta but again cannot enter to reach him. Daijin approaches Suzume excitedly, telling her that he can be her cat now. Instead, Suzume furiously grabs Daijin and nearly throws him, before dropping him into the water and telling him to never speak to her again. Heartbroken, Daijin walks away.
Suzume visits Sōta's grandfather at the hospital. He explains that Suzume's ability to see the worm and the Ever-After through the doors means that she has accidentally entered the realm once before. Moreover, the doorway that she first used is the only place where she can reenter the Ever-After and save Sōta.
Reuniting with her Aunt Tamaki, who followed her from Kyushu, Suzume travels to her childhood hometown in Tōhoku, which was destroyed in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami together with the help from Sōta's fellow university classmate and friend, Tomoya Serizawa whom she met at Sōta's apartment right before the worm appeared in Tokyo. At a rest stop along the way, Suzume discovers that Tamaki was possessed by Sadaijin, the eastern keystone. Tamaki takes Suzume to the ruins of her old house where she once lived with her mother/Tamaki's sister, a nurse who was killed in the tsunami. Suzume finds her old door and enters with Daijin and Sadaijin. She emerges in the Ever-After, which appears as her town following the earthquake-tsunami. While Sadaijin distracts the worm, Suzume awakens Sōta, returning him to human form. Admitting defeat, Daijin returns to being a keystone. With Daijin and Sadaijin, Suzume and Sōta reseal the worm, preventing it from leaving the Ever-After.
Sōta then notices a child in the Ever-After: Suzume from 12 years ago. Suzume remembers how she entered the Ever-After as a child following her mother's death. She takes her childhood chair from the Ever-After version of her home and gives it to her younger self, telling her about her future. Young Suzume exits the Ever-After with the chair, leading to her being found by Tamaki 12 years prior. Suzume and Sōta leave the Ever-After themselves, with Sōta returning to Tokyo while Suzume and Tamaki return to Kyushu, revisiting the friends she made along the way.
Sometime later, back in Miyazaki, Suzume is on her way to school when she once again runs into Sōta, walking up the same road where they first met.
Voice cast
Character | Cast | |
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Japanese | English[3] | |
Suzume Iwato (岩戸 鈴芽, Iwato Suzume) | Nanoka Hara[4] Akari Miura (young)[5] |
Nichole Sakura Bennet Hetrick (young) |
Sōta Munakata (宗像 草太, Munakata Sōta) | Hokuto Matsumura[6] | Josh Keaton |
Tamaki Iwato (岩戸 環, Iwato Tamaki) | Eri Fukatsu[7] | Jennifer Sun Bell |
Minoru Okabe (岡部 稔, Okabe Minoru) | Shota Sometani[7] | Roger Craig Smith |
Rumi Ninomiya (二ノ宮 ルミ, Ninomiya Rumi) | Sairi Ito[7] | Amanda C. Miller |
Chika Amabe (海部 千果, Amabe Chika) | Kotone Hanase[7] | Rosalie Chiang |
Tsubame Iwato (岩戸 椿芽, Iwato Tsubame) | Kana Hanazawa[7] | Allegra Clark |
Hitsujirō Munakata (宗像 羊朗, Munakata Hitsujirō) | Matsumoto Hakuō II[7] | Cam Clarke |
Tomoya Serizawa (芹澤 朋也, Serizawa Tomoya) | Ryūnosuke Kamiki[8] | Joe Zieja |
Daijin (ダイジン) | Ann Yamane[9] | Lena Josephine Marano |
Miki (ミキ) | Aimi[10] | Mela Lee |
Production
Development
Makoto Shinkai conceived the idea for Suzume while he was traveling around Japan to give talks about his past works. He said, "In Japan, it is customary to hold a jichin-sai or groundbreaking ceremony, before construction begins on a new building or home, but we do nothing when we close them down." Shinkai noticed that there were more empty or abandoned areas in Japan due to the country's declining birth rate and aging population, so he thought of writing a story about "mourning deserted places."[11][12] As a result, the film inevitably turned into a road movie about visiting places.[13]
The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami served as an influence for the themes in the film. While the Tiamat comet in Your Name and the concept of Weathering with You were ideas influenced by the natural disaster, Shinkai felt that he should "express the impact [he] felt through the earthquake and tsunami, instead of continuing to depict it as a metaphor."[11][12] He feared that people's memories of the disaster start to become "hazy" over time, and by depicting the earthquake and tsunami in his film or novel, he could also share his memories with teens who were unaware of the disaster.[11] Shinkai also cited Kiki's Delivery Service, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Haruki Murakami's novel Kafka on the Shore and short story "Kaeru-kun, Tokyo o Sukuu" (かえるくん、東京を救う, "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo") as influences for the film.[12][14]
Shinkai and his staff planned the project from January to March 2020. They started developing the film's script in April, which is when the Japanese government declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[15][16] In an interview with TV Asahi, Shinkai mentioned that the pandemic had a less tangible effect on the film's production. However, he said that "the mood of the times is indelibly etched into the script", adding that the film will have a post-apocalyptic theme.[16] Sōta turning into a chair was in reference to Shinkai feeling trapped during the COVID-19 curbs.[11] After finishing the script in August, the storyboards were drafted from September 2020 to December 2021, while the production of the animation started in April 2021.[15] The film was officially unveiled during a press conference on December 15, 2021. The film's staff includes Masayoshi Tanaka as the character designer, Kenichi Tsuchiya as the animation director, and Takumi Tanji as the art director. CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc. were revealed as the film's producers.[15] In October 2022, Shinkai announced that production on the film was completed.[17]
Characters
Shinkai immediately decided for the film to have a female main character, since Weathering with You had a male main character, and also felt that a "buddy" character was necessary.[12] Initially, he wanted Suzume's companion to be another girl, with a "sisterhood type of romantic story," as he believed that he had exhausted the potential of the "boy meets girl" formula in previous films. However, Shinkai's producer discouraged the idea, saying that the audience for his films was still enjoying the typical romance aspects of his films.[18][19] Thus, making the partner a chair was decided upon both to avoid the film becoming "too much of a romance,"[18] and also to lighten the mood of the film, which would "inevitably become quieter" if the story focused on mourning a place.[12] Shinkai also considered other options for potential partners,[12] such as a partner that turns into a monster throughout the story, and other "inorganic partners" like a milk carton.[12] The idea for a chair partner came when Shinkai saw a wooden chair sitting at a deserted bus stop, and found its "foreign feeling" to be better than any of his previous ideas. Shinkai also became less interested in writing a love story and wanted to depict different relationships, like with Suzume and her aunt.[12]
Casting
Nanoka Hara was revealed as the voice of Suzume Iwato on July 5, 2022. Shinkai selected her from an audition involving more than 1,700 people. Hara has been a fan of Shinkai's works, remarking that she could not imagine being the one to share the "unforgettable, heart-shaking sensation" she felt when first seeing one of his films in theaters.[4][20] On September 6, 2022, Hokuto Matsumura's role as Sōta Munakata was revealed. He described the character as one that "[he] had never seen in any of the director's works". Therefore, Matsumura gave a voice for Sōta that he "had never heard before," which involved using a slightly lower tone. Shinkai found his voice to be "impressive" and said that it "embodies the character".[21] Suzume and Sōta are Hara and Matsumura's first anime voice-acting roles.[4][21] On September 29, Eri Fukatsu, Shota Sometani, Sairi Ito, Kotone Hanase, Kana Hanazawa, and Matsumoto Hakuō II were revealed to be joining the voice cast.[7] On October 25, Ryūnosuke Kamiki, who voiced Taki Tachibana in Your Name, was added to the cast for the role of Tomoya Serizawa.[8]
Music
On September 20, 2022, it was announced that the band Radwimps, which had previously collaborated with Shinkai on Your Name and Weathering with You, would be composing the score for the film, along with composer Kazuma Jinnouchi. It was also revealed that TikTok singer Toaka provided the vocals for the first theme song, "Suzume" (すずめ),[22] which debuted on music streaming services on September 30, 2022.[23] The second theme song, "Kanata Haluka" (カナタハルカ), debuted online on October 28, 2022.[8] The soundtrack was released on November 11, 2022, the day of the film's release. Some of its recordings were done at Abbey Road Studios in London.[24]
Marketing
A teaser poster was released alongside the film's announcement.[15] On April 9, 2022, an updated version featuring the film's protagonist was released online and as a full-page advertisement in the morning edition of The Asahi Shimbun newspaper.[25][26] It was also announced that the film would be released on November 11.[25] Toho debuted a teaser trailer on April 10, 2022,[27] and a full trailer was released on July 15.[28] The main poster, along with the second trailer, was released on September 29, 2022.[7] Nippon TV previewed the first 12 minutes of the film on October 28, 2022, during a broadcast of Your Name on NNN's Kin'yō Road Show program.[29][17] Prior to the film's release, the production committee warned filmgoers of scenes in the film that depict an earthquake and sounds of earthquake alarms, and reassured that the sounds were fictional.[30]
Several bonus items were given to filmgoers in Japan. A booklet, titled Shinkai Makoto Hon (新海誠本), was the first to be distributed, and had a print run of 3 million copies. The booklet contained the original proposals for Suzume, Your Name, and Weathering with You, and interviews with Shinkai, Hara, and Matsumura.[31] A second booklet, Shinkai Makoto Hon 2 (新海誠本2), was distributed beginning on December 3, with a print run of 1.5 million copies.[32] A spin-off novel written by Shinkai, subtitled Tamaki-san no Monogatari (環さんのものがたり), was given starting on December 24.[33] A second novel, Serizawa no Monogatari (芹澤のものがたり), was distributed starting on January 28, 2023.[34] McDonald's Japan released a Happy Meal set that includes a spin-off picture book, titled Suzume to Isu (すずめといす, "Suzume and the Chair"), which tells an original story written by Shinkai and illustrated by Senbon Umishima.[35] Other partners for the film include Misawa Homes ,[36] Lawson,[37] and KDDI's au.[38] Additionally, a promotional campaign was held involving one local company from each of the 47 prefectures of Japan.[39] The film also had a 20-page special feature in the #50/2022 issue of Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine.[40]
Release
Suzume had an advance IMAX screening on November 7, 2022, for watchers who were decided through a lottery.[41] It was released nationwide by Toho in 420 theaters in Japan on November 11 through regular and IMAX screenings.[25][41][42] Midnight screenings were held in 11 theaters across six cities in Japan.[31] The film premiered internationally in competition at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 23, 2023,[43] marking the first time an anime film competed in the festival since Spirited Away in 2002.[44]
In Asia, the film began screening on March 2, 2023, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau;[45][46] March 8 in Indonesia,[47] the Philippines,[47] and South Korea;[48] March 9 in Malaysia and Singapore;[47] March 10 in Vietnam;[49] March 24 in China;[50] April 13 in Thailand;[51] and April 21 in India.[52] Encore Films handled distribution in Southeast Asia with the Philippines and Thailand releases were co-distributed through Warner Bros. Pictures.
In May 2022, it was announced that Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures, and Wild Bunch International have acquired the film's global distribution rights. Crunchyroll will handle distribution in North America and will partner with Sony Pictures Releasing in territories outside of Asia under the Sony Pictures Releasing International banner, while Sony and Wild Bunch will co-distribute in Europe.[53] A special screening for the film was held on March 1, 2023, at the BFI Southbank in London, with Shinkai himself attending the event.[54] The film had its North American premiere at the New York International Children's Film Festival on March 5.[55] Another special screening was held on April 21, 2023, at PVR Cinemas Citi Mall in Mumbai, which Shinkai attended to celebrate the premiere of the film in Japanese and in the Hindi dub in India.[56] He interacted with media outlets along with his overseas fans and attended a Q&A session.[57] He also participated in a signing event along with Denki Amashima, the illustrator for the manga adaptation. This was his second visit to India; he previously visited the country during the premiere of his film Weathering With You in 2019.[58][59]
Suzume began its general screening on April 12, 2023, in France, Malta, and Switzerland; April 13 in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Denmark, Ecuador, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uruguay, Uzbekistan and Venezuela; April 14 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Gibraltar, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Southern Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States; April 20 in Colombia and Portugal; April 21 in Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, and Romania; April 27 in Italy, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates; April 30 in Iceland; and May 26 in Czech Republic.[60] In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, an English-language dub was screened along with the original Japanese version.[61]
Reception
Box office
As of April 28, 2023[update], Suzume has grossed under $301.2 million worldwide,[2] including ¥14.51 billion in Japan.[62] It is the fourth-highest-grossing anime film of all time.[63] The film debuted at number one at the Japanese box office, and grossed ¥1.88 billion ($13.49 million) from the advance IMAX screening and during its first three days.[64][42] It surpassed Weathering with You to become the biggest three-day opening for a Shinkai film.[65] In Japan, it is the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2022,[66] the eighth-highest-grossing anime film of all time, and the 14th-overall highest-grossing film of all time.[67]
In China, the film grossed $82.27 million in its first ten days, surpassing the box office of Your Name to become the highest-grossing Japanese film ever released in the country.[68][69] As of April 23, 2023[update], Suzume has grossed $112 million in China.[70]
In South Korea, Suzume was the top-grossing film for 35 consecutive days after its release, setting a record second only to Avatar (2009).[71] As of April 15, 2023[update], the film has grossed $35.78 million and has attracted a total of over 4.48 million viewers, surpassing The First Slam Dunk (2022) to become the highest-grossing and most-watched Japanese film ever released in the country.[72][73]
In the United States, the film was released alongside Renfield, The Pope's Exorcist, Mafia Mamma and Sweetwater, and was projected to gross $4.7 million from 2,170 theaters in its opening weekend.[74][75] It made $2.15 million on its first day, as well as $680,000 from Thursday preview screenings.[76][77] The film went to debut on $5 million in its opening weekend, finishing seventh at the box office behind Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.[78]
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 116 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Suzume sees director Makoto Shinkai falling just a bit short of the bar set by previous outings -- but when the results are this visually thrilling and emotionally impactful, it's hard to find much fault."[79] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average of 76 out of 100 based on 25 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[80] Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film an 89% positive score, with 72% saying they would recommend it.[81]
On Japanese review site Filmarks, Suzume received an average rating of 4.00/5 based on 6,585 user reviews, placing second in its first-day satisfaction ranking.[64] Matt Schley of The Japan Times gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, and called it "the director’s most satisfying work yet." He praised the art and animation, and while he described some of the dialogue as "cliche or cringe-worthy", he also felt that the film was "a bit more mature" than Shinkai's past films. Schley also found the film's climax "somewhat disturbing", and said that it might divide viewers on whether Shinkai "earns" it.[82] Richard Eisenbeis, writing for Anime News Network, graded the film 'A', praising the story, characters, animation, and music, but found the plot structure to be similar to Your Name and Weathering with You, making the film "more predictable." Einsenbeis also criticized the appearance of a creature that Suzume encountered in Tokyo, describing it as "a cheap CG effect placed over the otherwise quality animation and blended poorly."[83]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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Berlin International Film Festival | February 25, 2023 | Golden Bear | Suzume | Nominated | [84] |
Hochi Film Awards | December 22, 2022 | Best Animated Picture | Suzume | Nominated | [85] |
Japan Academy Film Prize | March 10, 2023 | Animation of the Year | Suzume | Nominated | [86] |
Outstanding Achievement in Music | Radwimps and Kazuma Jinnouchi | Won | |||
Mainichi Film Awards | February 14, 2023 | Best Animation Film | Suzume | Nominated | [87] [88] |
Ōfuji Noburō Award | Suzume | Nominated |
Adaptations
Suzume | |
Novel | |
Written by | Makoto Shinkai |
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Published by | Kadokawa |
English publisher | Yen Press |
Imprint | Kadokawa Bunko |
Published | August 24, 2022 |
Manga | |
Illustrated by | Denki Amashima |
Published by | Kodansha |
Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
Original run | October 25, 2022 – present |
Volumes | 1 |
Novel
A novel adaptation written by Shinkai was released on August 24, 2022, under the Kadokawa Bunko imprint.[89][90] A portion of the novel was included in a booklet distributed during the 2022 Kadobun Summer Fair, which was held in Japanese bookstores on June 10.[90] A children's paperback edition, which adds furigana and illustrations drawn by Chiko, was released on October 13 under the Kadokawa Tsubasa Bunko imprint.[91] The novel has sold over 350,000 copies by November 2022; it is the best-selling physical light novel volume of that year in Japan.[92][93] In January 2023, Yen Press announced that it licensed the series for English publication in digital and print formats.[94]
No. | Title | Original release date | English release date |
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Suzume Shousetsu Suzume no Tojimari (Japanese: 小説 すずめの戸締まり) | August 24, 2022 978-4-04-112679-0 | July 18, 2023[95] 9781975373061 |
Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Denki Amashima began serialization in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon magazine on October 25, 2022.[96][97] The first tankōbon volume was released on March 23, 2023.[98]
No. | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | March 23, 2023 | 978-4-06-530880-6 |
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- Official website (in Japanese)
- Suzume at IMDb
- Suzume (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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