The movie "The Borrower Arrietty"

Year: 2010

Type: Animation

Region: Japan

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Language: Japanese

Release Date: July 17, 2010 (Saturday)

English Title: The Borrower Arrietty

Other Titles: The Secret World of Arrietty / The Borrower Arietty (Hong Kong) / Borrowing Arrietty / The Borrowers / Karigurashi no Arietti

Screenwriter: Mary Norton / Hayao Miyazaki

Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Cast: Ryoya Sakamoto / Keiko Takada / Shinobu Otake / Kirin Kiki / Mirai Shida / Tomokazu Miura / Ryunosuke Kamiki

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Synopsis:

Despite having heart-related issues, the parents of young Shō (Voiced by Ryunosuke Kamiki) are still neglectful in their care. To prepare for an upcoming surgery, Shō comes to his great-aunt’s house (Voiced by Keiko Takada) located in a remote countryside area to recuperate. His great-aunt's house is nestled in a serene forest and is a European-style villa over a hundred years old. Besides the great-aunt and maid Oshige (Voiced by Kirin Kiki), there also lives a unique family of three – "The Borrowers" - little Arrietty (Voiced by Mirai Shida), her father (Voiced by Tomokazu Miura) and mother (Voiced by Shinobu Otake). They live under the floorboards of the villa, only a few centimeters tall, leading a life undetected by humans. When they need daily necessities, they stealthily enter the kitchen at night to borrow them. Shō accidentally catches sight of Arrietty's figure, he attempts to get closer to these legendary tiny people but unknowingly disturbs their way of life...

This film is adapted from the original book "The Borrowers" by British author Mary Norton and won the Best Animated Film Award at the 2011 Japan Academy Prize.