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You can watch The Garden of Words (2013) for free on Kanopy.

Takao, who is training to become a shoemaker, skipped school and is sketching shoes in a Japanese-style garden. He meets a mysterious woman, Yukino, who is older than him. Then, without arranging the times, the two start to see each other again and again, but only on rainy days. They deepen their relationship and open up to each other. But the end of the rainy season soon approaches.

Rainy afternoons in a secluded garden spark a quiet connection between a lonely shoemaker apprentice and a mysterious older woman. Shinkai's lush, hyper-realistic animation turns every falling droplet into a vivid moment of yearning.

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