When Marnie Was There
“Promise we'll remain a secret, forever.”
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
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Cast
17 people
Sara Takatsuki
Anna Sasaki (voice)
Known for
Tokyo Vampire Hotel
The Black Devil and the White Prince
Kasumi Arimura
Marnie (voice)
Known for
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
I Am a Hero
Nanako Matsushima
Yoriko Sasaki (voice)
Known for
Ring
BOYS OVER FLOWERS
Susumu Terajima
Kiyomasa Oiwa (voice)
Known for
Fireworks
Ichi the Killer
Toshie Negishi
Setsu Oiwa (voice)
Known for
Dreams
Audition
Ryoko Moriyama
Elderly Lady (voice)
Known for
Belle
Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Nanny (voice)
Known for
Ponyo
Kikujiro
Hitomi Kuroki
Hisako (voice)
Known for
Dark Water
20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope
Hiroyuki Morisaki
Art Teacher (voice)
Also in
Howl's Moving Castle
Stay Tuned!
Takuma Otoo
Neighborhood Association Officer (voice)
Known for
THE DAYS
Kamen Rider Black Sun
Hana Sugisaki
Sayaka (voice)
Known for
Blade of the Immortal
Mary and The Witch's Flower
Bari Suzuki
Elderly Lady 2 (voice)
Also in
Sword of the Stranger
Tekkonkinkreet
Hiromasa Yonebayashi Director · Keiko Niwa Screenplay Masashi Ando Screenplay
Worldwide gross $35M · United States release May 22, 2015 · Produced in Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$34,949,567
Production
Studio Ghibli
Production · Studio
Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
Production
KDDI
Production
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Production
TOHO
Production
dentsu
Production
Mitsubishi
Production
Walt Disney Japan
Production
Gkids
Production
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Production
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
思い出のマーニー
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 19, 2014
Theatrical
United States · May 22, 2015
Theatrical
Australia
March 18, 2015 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 19, 2015 · Theatrical
June 27, 2016 · Physical · DVD and Bluray
Czechia
April 4, 2024 · Theatrical
Denmark
December 25, 2015 · Theatrical
Finland
October 2, 2015 · Theatrical
France
January 14, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
November 12, 2015 · Theatrical
March 11, 2016 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
June 12, 2017 · TV · arte
Hong Kong SAR China
April 2, 2015 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 25, 2015 · Digital
Ireland
June 10, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
August 24, 2015 · Limited theatrical
Netherlands
April 23, 2015 · Theatrical
July 1, 2015 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Norway
May 6, 2016 · Theatrical
Poland
October 23, 2015 · Physical
South Korea
March 19, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
March 18, 2016 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 23, 2016 · Theatrical
December 5, 2016 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
Taiwan
October 9, 2014 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 25, 2015 · Limited theatrical
June 10, 2016 · Theatrical
October 3, 2016 · Physical
Vietnam
September 18, 2026 · Theatrical
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