Makoto Shinkai's first new work in three years, "Suzume no Togome" special trailer and scene cuts released! Roadshow on November 11

A special trailer and scene cuts have been released from Makoto Shinkai's new film "Suzume no tojikomari," which will be released on November 11, 2022 on a nationwide roadshow.

Released in 2016, "Kimi no na wa. and "Weather Child," which will be released in 2019, "Suzume no tojimari" is the latest work by director Makoto Shinkai after three years. As soon as the film was unveiled at the production announcement conference last December, it attracted a lot of attention from the international media.

Suzume no tojimari" is a modern adventure story about a young girl, Suzume, who closes "doors" that lead to disasters, and her liberation and growth in life, set in abandoned places around Japan. The story of Suzume, who moves forward despite the unfamiliar landscapes, encounters and partings with people, surprises and difficulties, brings a ray of light to our daily journeys, where we live side by side with anxiety and inconvenience.

The special trailer ( # ), which has just arrived, has been attracting attention for its overwhelming and mysterious visual beauty, including Suzume's facial expressions, the shimmering sea and sky, the depiction of ruins, and the folkloric music that evokes the grand opening of the film.

Special Report Video

Under a clear sky, Suzume is riding her bicycle down a hill in a country town in Kyushu overlooking the beautiful sea, a "traveling young man" walks up ahead of her, a "white cat" with big, round eyes, an old "small chair" with three legs that Suzume is holding, and a "door key" inserted into a keyhole with a mysterious pattern on it. The "door key" inserted into the keyhole with a mysterious pattern on it, the "scene cut" - please pay attention to each key word to decipher Suzume's journey.

How can we close the doors that have been left open here and there? I entrusted this to Suzume and created a story about her journey through the Japanese archipelago while closing the doors. Director Shinkai says of this film. What kind of story will be spun in this film?

<Story> A 17-year-old boy lives in a quiet town in Kyushu.
Suzume, a 17-year-old girl living in a quiet town in Kyushu, meets a young traveler who says he is looking for a door.
Suzume follows him and finds anold doorstanding alone in an abandoned building in the mountains, as if it were the only place left standing after the collapse.As if drawn by something, Suzume reaches for the door, but...

Soon, doors begin to open one after another all over Japan.
It is said that the doors that open must be closed because misfortune will come from the other side of the door.

---The stars, the setting sun, the morning sky...
In the place where I wandered, there was a sky where all the time seemed to melt together...

Led by the mysterious door, Suzume's "journey of closing the door" begins.

The film is a work of art.
Suzume's Doorstop
Release date: November 11, 2022 (Friday)
Original Story/Screenplay/Director: Makoto Shinkai
Character Design：Masaga Tanaka
Animation Director：Kenichi Tsuchiya
Art Director: Takumi Tanji
Production: Comics Wave Film
Production Producer: Story inc.

＜Introduction
Behind the door, there was all the time...
The latest work by Shinkai Makoto, director of "Kimi no na wa. The latest work by Makoto Shinkai, director of "The Weather's Child

The world is eagerly awaiting the latest work by animation director Makoto Shinkai.
His "Shinkai World," which weaves stories of boys and girls with beautiful colors and unique music, has attracted manypeoplebeyond borders and generations, and his works have been highly acclaimed.
The unprecedentedly huge success of "Kimi no na wa. and "Weather Child"have shown the power of entertainment asworld-class animated films representing Japan.
Suzume no Togome"is a modern-day adventure story about the liberation and growth ofSuzume, a young girl who closes the "door" that leads to disaster, in abandoned places around Japan.Unfamiliar landscapes. Encounters and partings with people. Surprises and difficulties.
The story of Suzume, who nevertheless moves forward,bringsa ray of lightto thejourney of those of us who live with anxiety and inconvenience in our daily lives.This is a story of "locking the door" that connects the past, present, and future. The view will be engraved in our hearts forever.

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