KUSU, Oita Prefecture--Local students and sightseeing officials re-created a door from anime director Makoto Shinkai’s film “Suzume no Tojimari” (Suzume's door locking). It was placed on the ...

And this is only the beginning of Suzume's adventure, which takes her and Souta on a road trip along Japan's coastline to close more doors and make Daijin return to his post before the worm ...

Shinkai's "Suzume no Tojimari" (Suzume’s door locking) is about a girl who remembers the devastating disaster and goes on a cross-country trip to contain mystical powers that trigger earthquakes.

The result was Suzume, an animated feature that has been a blockbuster in Japan and which held its international premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Thursday. Drawn in lush greens and blues ...