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The Secret World of Arrietty ()

Karigurashi no Arietti (original title)
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The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their teenage daughter Arrietty is discovered.
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Cast

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Arietti (voice)
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Shô (voice) (as Ryûnosuke Kamiki)
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Supirâ (voice)
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Poddo (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake ...
Homirî (voice)
Keiko Takeshita ...
Sadako (voice)
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Haru (voice)
Shin'ichi Hatori ...
Yûbin haitatsuin (voice)
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Arrietty (voice)
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Homily (voice)
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Pod (voice)
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Hara (voice)
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Shawn (voice)
Gracie Moore ...
Aunt Jessica (voice) (as Gracie Poletti)
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Spiller (voice)
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Exterminator (voice)
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Receptionist (voice)
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Additional Voices (voice)
Stephen Alpert ...
Additional Voices (voice) (as Steve Alpert)
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Haru (voice)
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Sadako (voice)
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Spiller (voice)
Ray Gillon ...
Additional Voices (voice)
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Pod (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dale Sison ...
Harachi (voice)
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Homily (uncredited) (voice)
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Shô (uncredited) (voice)
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Arrietty (uncredited) (voice)

Directed by

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Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Written by

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Mary Norton ... (novel "The Borrowers")
 
Hayao Miyazaki ... (screenplay) &
Keiko Niwa ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Walt deFaria ... executive producer
Naoya Fujimaki ... supervising producer
Ryôichi Fukuyama ... supervising producer (as Ryoichi Fukuyama)
Soledad Gatti-Pascual ... producer
Kathleen Kennedy ... executive producer
Frank Marshall ... executive producer
Hayao Miyazaki ... executive producer
Toshio Suzuki ... producer

Music by

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Cécile Corbel

Cinematography by

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Atsushi Okui ... director of photography

Editing by

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Rie Matsubara
Hiromi Sasaki
Takeshi Seyama

Editorial Department

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Hiroaki Hirabayashi ... color timer: Imagica
Osamu Kuge ... lab manager: Imagica
Rei Kumakura ... film recording: Imagica
Wataru Matsumoto ... color management: Imagica
Kazunori Nagasawa ... lab manager: Imagica
Mathieu Reid ... color timer
Yuriko Satô ... lab coordinator: Imagica (as Yuriko Sato)
Yoshihiro Ueno ... color timer: Imagica
Toshiki Yura ... color management: Imagica

Art Direction by

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Yôji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida

Production Management

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Hannah Cook ... production manager: UK

Art Department

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Kazuko Karube ... assistant color designer
Eiko Matsushima ... assistant color designer
Naomi Mori ... color key
Yukie Tamura ... assistant color designer
Hiromasa Yonebayashi ... storyboard artist

Sound Department

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Atsushi Aikawa ... dts mastering
Courtney Bishop ... adr recordist
Brian Chumney ... assistant supervising sound editor: Skywalker Sound
James Glenton ... assistant sound re-recording mixer
Kôji Kasamatsu ... sound director (as Koji Kasamatsu) / sound mixer (as Koji Kasamatsu)
Tsutomu Kawahigashi ... dolby film consultant
Eriko Kimura ... adr director
Tamaki Kojô ... sound production desk (as Tamaki Kojo)
Scott R. Lewis ... assistant re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound
Yoshiki Matsunaga ... sound effects assistant
Michael Miller ... adr mixer
Mikio Mori ... dolby film consultant
Richard Quinn ... adr editor (as Rich Quinn)
Gary Rydstrom ... adr director
Michael Semanick ... re-recording mixer: Skywalker Sound
James Spencer ... recordist: Skywalker Sound
Shuuji Suzuki ... dubbing studio: Tokyo TV Center
Hajime Takagi ... sound recordist
Kôichi Utagawa ... dts mastering
Mika Yamaguchi ... foley artist

Special Effects by

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Keiko Itogawa ... special effects

Visual Effects by

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Masafumi Inoue ... programming
Shun Iwasawa ... programming
Norihiko Miyoshi ... cg
Atsushi Okui ... digital image director
Yôichi Senzui ... cg (as Yoichi Senzui)
Miki Umezawa ... cg

Camera and Electrical Department

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Yoshiyuki Anzai ... additional photography: Assez Finaud Fabric.
Atsuko Okui ... additional photography: Assez Finaud Fabric.
Hidenori Shibahara ... photography
Tsubasa Takagi ... additional photography: Assez Finaud Fabric.
Atsushi Tamura ... photography
Junji Yabuta ... photography
Kanae Ôuchi ... additional photography: Assez Finaud Fabric.

Animation Department

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Shigeo Akahori ... key animator
Masako Akita ... inbetween artist
Masayo Andô ... inbetween artist (as Masayo Ando)
Yôjirô Arai ... inbetween artist
Hiromi Arima ... inbetween artist
Yukie Atsuta ... inbetween artist
Ryôta Azuma ... inbetween artist
Seiko Azuma ... inbetween artist
Yuuko Azuma ... key animator
Ryôma Ebata ... key animator
Rie Eyama ... inbetween artist
Kaori Fujii ... inbetween checker
Maya Fujimori ... inbetween artist
Shiori Fujisawa ... inbetween artist
Hiroki Fujiwara ... key animator
Rie Fukui ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Fukui ... inbetween artist
Yoshikazu Fukutome ... background artist
Shôgo Furuya ... key animator
Makiko Futaki ... key animator
Mari Futamatsu ... inbetween artist
Hideki Hamasu ... key animator
Samina Hatakeyama ... inbetween artist
Megumi Higaki ... inbetween artist
Sayaka Hirahara ... background artist
Shunsuke Hirota ... assistant animation director
Sun Ha Hwang ... inbetween artist
Ryôko Ina ... background artist
Takeshi Inamura ... key animator (as Takeshi Imamura)
Natsuko Inohara ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Hiroaki Ishii ... cel checker
Kunitoshi Ishii ... inbetween artist
Yumi Ishii ... background artist
Asami Ishikado ... key animator
Kaori Itô ... inbetween artist
Yoshitake Iwakami ... inbetween artist
Misato Iwata ... background artist
Megumi Kagawa ... animation director
Tadahito Kai ... inbetween artist
Yukiko Kakita ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Yukari Kaku ... inbetween artist
Emi Kamiishi ... key animator
Yukie Kaneko ... inbetween artist
Natsumi Kang ... inbetween artist
Yûsei Kashima ... cel painter
Naomi Kasugai ... background artist
Miho Kato ... inbetween artist
Keiko Katô ... key animator (as Keiko Kato)
Takashi Kawaguchi ... key animator
Naoko Kawahara ... inbetween artist
Fumie Kawamata ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Tomoe Kikuchi ... inbetween artist
Tomoyuki Kojima ... inbetween artist
Rie Kojô ... cel painter (as Rie Kojo)
Yûki Komatsu ... cel painter
Katsuya Kondô ... key animator
Fumie Konno ... key animator
Masakiyo Koyama ... inbetween artist
Misa Koyasu ... inbetween artist
Masahiko Kubo ... key animator
Miki Kurihara ... inbetween artist
Kiyoko Makita ... inbetween artist
Suzuko Mano ... inbetween artist
Ryôji Masuyama ... key animator (as Ryoji Masuyama)
Kei Matsumoto ... inbetween artist
Asako Matsumura ... inbetween artist
Maiko Matsumura ... inbetween artist
Emi Matsunaga ... inbetween artist
Mariko Matsuo ... key animator
Atsuko Matsushita ... inbetween artist
Yui Matsuura ... inbetween artist
Nobuyuki Mitani ... inbetween artist
Taeko Mitsuhashi ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Miura ... key animator
Tomoko Miyata ... inbetween artist
Noriko Mochizuki ... inbetween artist
Mitsunori Murata ... inbetween artist
Yasuo Muroi ... key animator
Izumi Muta ... background artist
Shôko Nagasawa ... inbetween artist
Satoshi Nagura ... key animator
Rie Nakagome ... inbetween artist
Katsutoshi Nakamura ... assistant animation director
Satoko Nakamura ... background artist
Takeshi Nakamura ... cel painter
Yumiko Nakamura ... inbetween artist
Masami Nakanishi ... inbetween artist
Emi Nakano ... inbetween artist
Yôhei Nakano ... inbetween artist
Manabu Nakatake ... key animator
Mai Nakazato ... inbetween artist
Masako Nakazato ... background artist
Kumi Nanjô ... cel painter: T2 Studio (as Kumi Nanjo)
Takashi Narita ... inbetween artist
Tomoko Nishida ... inbetween artist
Sumie Nishido ... inbetween artist
Hiromi Nishikawa ... inbetween artist
Yôichi Nishikawa ... background artist
Rie Nishino ... key animator
Yûsuke Nishio ... inbetween artist
Yuka Nitta ... background artist
Yoshie Noguchi ... inbetween artist
Iori Nonoshita ... inbetween artist
Reiko Nozaki ... key animator
Kazuo Oga ... background artist
Hiromasa Ogura ... background artist
Yasumi Ogura ... inbetween artist
Oikawa ... inbetween artist
Hirofumi Okita ... inbetween artist
Akiyo Okuda ... inbetween artist
Kazuyoshi Onoda ... assistant animation director
Kiyotaka Oshiyama ... key animator
Jun'ya Saitô ... cel painter
Masaya Saitô ... inbetween artist
Aika Sakuramoto ... inbetween artist
Miwa Sasaki ... key animator
Masako Satô ... key animator (as Masako Sato)
Shiho Satô ... background artist (as Shiho Sato)
Yoshiharu Satô ... key animator (as Yoshiharu Sato)
Yoshimi Shibata ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Sachiko Shima ... inbetween artist
Akiko Shimizu ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Emiko Shimura ... key animator
Fumiaki Sugiura ... inbetween artist
Makiko Suzuki ... key animator
Mariko Suzuki ... assistant inbetween checker
Hiromi Takahashi ... cel checker
Moyo Takahashi ... key animator
Yôhei Takamatsu ... background artist
Kanako Takayanagi ... cel painter
Kengo Takebana ... inbetween artist
Mami Takino ... inbetween artist
Atsushi Tamura ... key animator
Eimi Tamura ... inbetween artist
Setsuya Tanabe ... inbetween artist
Atsuko Tanaka ... key animator
Naoya Tanaka ... background artist
Kumiko Tanihira ... inbetween artist
Hitomi Tateno ... inbetween artist
Kumiko Terada ... inbetween artist
Masako Terada ... inbetween artist
Akiko Teshima ... inbetween artist
Yayoi Toki ... inbetween artist (as Yoyoi Toki)
Hirotaka Tokuda ... inbetween artist
Keiko Tomizawa ... inbetween artist
Yumiko Totsu ... inbetween artist
Kanako Ueda ... inbetween artist
Kôichi Usami ... key animator
Kasumi Wada ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Naoya Wada ... inbetween artist
Yûko Watabe ... cel painter
Natsumi Watanabe ... cel painter: T2 Studio
Yôichi Watanabe ... background artist (as Youichi Watanabe)
Alexandra Weihrauch ... inbetween artist
Kasumi Yagi ... inbetween artist
Hisako Yaji ... inbetween artist
Ken'ichi Yamada ... key animator
Shin'ichirô Yamada ... key animator (as Shinichiro Yamada)
Atsushi Yamagata ... assistant animation director
Mai Yamagishi ... inbetween artist
Eiji Yamamori ... key animator
Akihiko Yamashita ... animation director
Yukari Yamaura ... inbetween artist
Kikuyo Yano ... background artist
Masafumi Yokota ... assistant animation director
Mitsuo Yoshino ... background artist
Hideaki Yoshio ... key animator
Seiko Yoshioka ... background artist
Akane Ôguchi ... inbetween artist (as Akane Oguchi)
Makoto Ôhara ... inbetween artist
Minoru Ôhashi ... key animator (as Minoru Ohashi)
Takeshi Ôkoshi ... inbetween artist (as Takeshi Ohkoshi)
Takashi Ômori ... background artist
Mayumi Ômura ... inbetween artist (as Mayumi Ohmura)
Yui Ôsaki ... inbetween artist
Emi Ôta ... inbetween artist (as Emi Ohta)
Akane Ôtani ... inbetween artist
Shinji Ôtsuka ... key animator (as Shinji Otsuka)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi ... in-between animator (uncredited) / key animator (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Shaheen Baig ... casting: uk
Takashi Hayashi ... casting assistance
Takurô Okada ... casting assistance (as Takuro Okada)

Music Department

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Simon Caby ... composer: theme music
Cécile Corbel ... composer: theme music
Yôko Ihira ... lyrics
Dale Sison ... musician

Additional Crew

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Akio Ichimura ... financial manager
Kazumi Inaki ... administrative planning room
Keiichi Itagaki ... trailer production
Takayasu Ito ... financial manager
Karey Kirkpatrick ... english adaptation
Hayao Miyazaki ... planner
Yûichirô Mochizuki ... supervising manager (as Yuichiro Mochizuki)
Gareth Molan ... electronic press kit
Shinsuke Nonaka ... production affairs manager
Gary Rydstrom ... director: English dub
Noriko Takaya ... harmony process
Chiyoshi Tanaka ... event manager

Production Companies

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Distributors

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Fourteen-year-old Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler, Saoirse Ronan, and Mirai Shida) and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items that they borrow from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty. Written by ANN

Plot Keywords
Taglines Ningen ni mirare te wa ikenai. Sore ga yukashita no kodomo-tachi no okite datta. (Do not be seen by humans. That's been the law of children of the underfloor.) See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • Chiisana Arrietty (Japan)
  • Kari-gurashi (Japan)
  • The Secret World of Arrietty (Japan, English title)
  • 借りぐらしのアリエッティ (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Yukashita no kobito-tachi (Japan)
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Runtime
  • 94 min
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Box Office

Budget $23,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Japan JPY884,725,940, 18 Jul 2010
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $145,570,827

Did You Know?

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Trivia The story takes place in 2010 in western Tokyo's neighborhood of Koganei. Koganei is also where Studio Ghibli is located. See more »
Goofs The story takes place some where in western Tokyo. Domestic cars in Japan have their steering wheels on the right side, but Aunt Sadoko's Mercedes is a left hand drive, since it is an imported car. The housekeeper Haru's red car is a right hand drive, as it is a normal, domestic Japanese car. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in This Means War (2012). See more »
Soundtracks Arrietty's Song See more »
Quotes Arrietty: I have to go. When is your operation?
Shawn: The day after tomorrow. I'm going to be okay. You gave me the courage to live.
Arrietty: [Unclipping the pin from her hair & giving it to Shawn] For luck.
Shawn: Thanks.
Arrietty: [Now crying] You protected me after all.
Shawn: Arrietty...
Arrietty: I hope you have the best life ever. Goodbye.
Shawn: Arrietty, you're a part of me now. I'll never forget you, ever.
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