Suzume (2022)
Directed by Makoto Shinkai
A high-school girl from Kyushu chases a talking cat and a young man trapped in a child's chair across Japan, closing doors in abandoned places from Shikoku and Kobe to Tokyo, then drives north to her childhood home in Tōhoku.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Suzume's town≈ 00:01:00Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, JapanInferred
Suzume meets Souta, opens a door in an abandoned hot-spring resort, and he is turned into her three-legged chair.
- 2Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan≈ 00:22:00Stated on screen
After a ferry crossing they close a door in an abandoned school and stay at Chika's family inn.
- 3Kobe, Japan≈ 00:40:00Stated on screen
Rumi, who gave them a lift, puts them up at her bar; they close a door in an abandoned amusement park.
- 4Tokyo, Japan≈ 00:55:00Stated on screen
- 5Suzume's childhood home≈ 01:30:00Pacific coast of Tōhoku, JapanStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 1,355 km
- Places
- 5
- Countries
- 1
- Stops
- 5
- Car: 717 km
- Train: 419 km
- Boat: 219 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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