Whisper of the Heart

This striking live-action, same-named sequel to the 1995 Hayao Miyazaki anime classic picks up with the romance of Shizuku Tsukishima (Nana Seino) and Seiji Amasawa (Tori Matsuzaka) 10 years later, as he's full speed ahead as a classical cellist in Italy while her own literary ambitions continue to founder. Runa Yasuhara and Tsubasa Nakagawa play the lovers as school kids in flashback; Marika Matsumoto, Yôko Moriguchi also star. 114 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English. In Japanese with English subtitles.