Suzume vs Verbo
Suzume has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 4.6/10 for Verbo). Verbo is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 1m. Verbo is the older of the two (2011 against 2022). Both are adventure, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Suzume
Verbo| Suzume | Verbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 4.6/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Makoto Shinkai | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson |
| Main cast | Kana Hanazawa, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shota Sometani, Yoji Ueda, Eri Fukatsu | Najwa Nimri, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Manolo Solo, Verónica Echegui, Víctor Clavijo |
Synopsis
Suzume
Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things right.
Verbo
Sara is a young woman who fails to understand the world she lives in. Trying to find meaning in life she would come to a mysterious place to undertake an adventure: it is a parallel universe, dark and fantastic, where life and death hang in the balance.