Suzume (2022)
2022 • TMDB 7.9 • 2h 2m • Animation, Drama, Adventure, Fantasy
Overview
Suzume Iwato is an ordinary 17-year-old living with her aunt in a quiet town in Kyushu, until a handsome stranger on his way to close a mysterious door changes everything. When Suzume follows Souta Munakata through that door, she frees a restless force that threatens to unleash earthquakes across Japan, and Souta is turned into a small wooden chair. Chasing him from town to town, Suzume must help shut the doors that guard the country’s fault lines, racing a mischievous white cat named Daijin and a growing calamity she can barely understand. Director Makoto Shinkai fills the journey with luminous skies, abandoned places full of memory, and quiet moments of grief: Suzume’s adventure is also a search for the mother she lost as a child. As the road leads her back to the town where her own story began, she must find the courage to open one final door, and to choose a future instead of staying trapped in the past.
Director & Cast
- Director: Makoto Shinkai
- Nanoka Hara as Suzume Iwato (voice)
- Hokuto Matsumura as Souta Munakata (voice)
- Eri Fukatsu as Tamaki Iwato (voice)
- Shota Sometani as Minoru Okabe (voice)
- Sairi Ito as Rumi Ninomiya (voice)
- Kotone Hanase as Chika Amabe (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Tsubame Iwato (voice)
- Matsumoto Hakuō II as Hitsujiro Munakata (voice)
Why Watch Suzume?
Because Shinkai turns a fantasy road trip into a moving story about loss and recovery. The animation is breathtaking, with doors standing in ruined buildings and skies that glow after the rain, and the film treats Japan’s earthquake-scarred landscape with real tenderness. Suzume herself is a warm, stubborn heroine, and her unlikely partnership with a chair-bound Souta brings humor and heart to the race against disaster. It is thrilling, beautiful, and quietly cathartic: a film that leaves you hopeful about moving forward.
Official Trailer
Watch the official trailer on YouTube: Suzume | OFFICIAL TRAILER.
Where to Watch
In the US, Suzume streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Hulu, Crunchyroll and the Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, and is available to rent from $2.99 and buy from $9.99. Check the latest availability on JustWatch US.
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Poster: TMDB. Rating and runtime verified on TMDB. Streaming status checked on JustWatch US, October 29, 2026.
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