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The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty

Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.

20107.71h 34m

Overview

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Written by Hayao Miyazaki, Keiko Niwa, Mary Norton
Produced by Toshio Suzuki
Box OfficeBudget: $23.0MRevenue: $149.7M

Top Cast

Mirai Shida

Mirai Shida

Arrietty (voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Shou (voice)

Tomokazu Miura

Tomokazu Miura

Pod (voice)

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Sadako Maki (voice)

Kirin Kiki

Kirin Kiki

Haru (voice)

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Homily (voice)

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Tatsuya Fujiwara

Spiller (voice)

Shin'ichi Hatori

Shin'ichi Hatori

Postman (voice)

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookcatforestbased on children's booklittle peopledollhousenostalgicanime

About The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty is a fantasy, animation, family film released in 2010 exploring themes of based on novel or book, cat, forest, based on children's book, little people, dollhouse. Directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi, it stars Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura. 14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.

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