Family Matters vs Whisper of the Heart
Whisper of the Heart has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7/10 for Family Matters). Family Matters is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 51m. Whisper of the Heart is the older of the two (1995 against 2025). Both are drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Family Matters
Whisper of the Heart| Family Matters | Whisper of the Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1995 |
| Length | 1h 39m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama, Family | Animation, Drama, Family |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Ke-yin Pan | Yoshifumi Kondo |
| Main cast | Lan Wei-Hua, Tseng Jing-Hua, Aaron Hong, Cheng Yu-chieh, Alexia Kao | Mayumi Izuka, Minami Takayama, Yoko Honna, Issey Takahashi, Takashi Tachibana |
Synopsis
Family Matters
Elder sister, Spring, seeks her origins before heading to university, Autumn, the mother, grapples with conceiving a child through artificial insemination, Summer, the younger brother, tries to engage with a paternal figure he barely knows just before his military service, and Winter, the father, desperately tries to change his fate as problems mount up.
Whisper of the Heart
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.
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