Overview
A young girl's journey begins with a mysterious door that opens to calamity and adventure.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- thrilling
- wistful
- dreamy
- anime night
- emotional movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Suzume as a visually thrilling and emotionally impactful fantasy adventure, while finding it slightly less accomplished than Makoto Shinkai's earlier films.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Suzume travels across Japan to locate and close mysterious doors that release calamity.
The supernatural doors and devastated sites connect national catastrophe with Suzume's unresolved grief.
Dilapidated buildings, ruins, and deserted locations become recurring settings for the door-closing journey.
Suzume moves from curiosity and personal concern toward actively containing the calamities threatening communities.
Films like Suzume, and why
Your Name
visually dazzling Japanese animated fantasy with teenage protagonists, supernatural encounters, romantic undertones, and emotionally resonant coming-of-age themes
Weathering with You
Japanese animated fantasy road movie combining adolescent romance, celestial calamity, spectacular imagery, and environmental grief
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
emotionally intense animated fantasy adventure centered on young people confronting supernatural forces and personal loss
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
road movie structure, magical portals, youthful protagonists, and a tender balance of wonder, danger, and melancholy
Movie Details
- Director
- Makoto Shinkai
- Release Date
- 2022-11-11
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 (1857)
Cast
- Nanoka Hara
- Hokuto Matsumura
- Eri Fukatsu
- Shota Sometani
- Sairi Ito
- Kotone Hanase
- Kana Hanazawa
- Matsumoto Hakuō II
- Ryunosuke Kamiki
- Ann Yamane
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Suzume about?
- A grieving teenager crosses Japan to seal supernatural doors and keep catastrophe from spilling into the living world.
- What is Suzume like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Suzume as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Suzume violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Suzume as mild.
- What did critics think of Suzume?
- Critics broadly praised Suzume as a visually thrilling and emotionally impactful fantasy adventure, while finding it slightly less accomplished than Makoto Shinkai's earlier films.
- Which films are like Suzume?
- Films with a similar feel include Your Name, Weathering with You, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, and Children Who Chase Lost Voices.
- How long is Suzume?
- Suzume runs 122 minutes.
- Where can I watch Suzume?
- In United States, Suzume streams on Hulu, Netflix, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads.
