Mind Game vs The Garden of Words
Mind Game and The Garden of Words are tied on audience score (7.5/10). The Garden of Words is the shorter watch at 46m compared with 1h 43m. Mind Game is the older of the two (2004 against 2013). Both are animation, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mind Game
The Garden of Words| Mind Game | The Garden of Words | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 46m |
| Genres | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Animation, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Masaaki Yuasa | Makoto Shinkai |
| Main cast | Koji Imada, Sayaka Maeda, Takashi Fujii, Seiko Takuma, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi | Yuka Terasaki, Miyu Irino, Kana Hanazawa, Fumi Hirano, Takeshi Maeda |
Synopsis
Mind Game
Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place.
The Garden of Words
Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.
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