Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below 追逐繁星的孩子 (2011) (Region 3 DVD) (English Subtitled) Japanese movie a.k.a. Hoshi o ou kodomo (1 Disc)

$19.49 USD

Region Coding: Region 3 (Locked)

Starring:
Animation

Director:
Makoto Shinkai

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS Digital Surround

Languages:
Japanese, Cantonese

Subtitles:
English, Traditional Chinese

Running Time:
116 minutes

Distributor:
Asia Video Publishing (AVP)

Release Date:
23 March 2012

Synopsis:
Asuna Watase is a young girl who has been forced to grow-up quickly due to the death of her father, while her mother, a nurse, works long shifts at a hospital. Asuna spends her solitary days listening to the mysterious music emanating from the cat's-whisker receiver her father gave to her as a memento. One day, while walking to her clubhouse across a bridge, she is attacked by a fearsome creature and saved by a mysterious boy who calls himself Shun. Shun tells Asuna not to come back but she returns the following day to find Shun expecting her. Asuna treats Shun's wound from fighting the creature and later they both listen to Asuna's radio. Shun tells Asuna he is from another country called Agartha and that he came to this place to find something. He then gives Asuna a blessing in the form of a kiss to the forehead. Asuna, shocked at this, leaves hurriedly and tells Shun she'll be back tomorrow. Shun, now alone, looks at the stars and tries to reach them but falls from the ledge to his death. The next morning, Asuna hears from her mother that a boy was found dead in the river, but refuses to believe it's Shun. In school Mr. Morisaki, a substitute teacher, is giving lecture on a book which grabs Asuna's attention when he mentions Agartha, the land of the dead. After school, she visits Morisaki's house and asks him about Agartha. Morisaki explains that long ago when humankind was young, it needed the guidance of Quetzalcoatls (keepers of the dead until humans matured and no longer needed them) so they went underground along a few humans who joined them.