Whisper of the Heart

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Whisper of the Heart
Theatrical release poster
Kanji	耳をすませば
Revised Hepburn	Mimi o Sumaseba
Directed by	Yoshifumi Kondō
Screenplay by	Hayao Miyazaki
Based on	Mimi o Sumaseba by Aoi Hiiragi
Produced by	Toshio Suzuki
Starring	Yōko Honna Issei Takahashi Takashi Tachibana Shigeru Muroi Shigeru Tsuyuguchi Keiju Kobayashi
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Edited by	Takeshi Seyama
Music by	Yuji Nomi
Production company	Studio Ghibli
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 15, 1995 (1995-07-15)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥3.15 billion (Japan)[1]

Whisper of the Heart (Japanese: 耳をすませば, Hepburn: Mimi o Sumaseba, lit. 'If You Listen Carefully') is a 1995 Japanese animated romantic drama film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō and written by Hayao Miyazaki based on the 1989 manga of the same name by Aoi Hiiragi. It was animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo. The film stars Yoko Honna, Issei Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana, Shigeru Muroi, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi and Keiju Kobayashi.

Whisper of the Heart was Kondō's only film as director before his death in 1998. Studio Ghibli had hoped that Kondō would become the successor to Miyazaki and Isao Takahata.^[2]

A spin-off film, The Cat Returns, was released in 2002, which focused on a minor character of the film, the Baron.