Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)
- Original title
- メアリと魔女の花
- Directed by
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi
- Genre
- fantasy film, Adventure, Fantasy
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 921 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young girl named Mary discovers a mysterious flower that grants her magical powers for one night. She uses this to explore a hidden world of witches and gets caught up in an adventure involving a secret school for magic.
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What happens
Mary and the Witch's Flower (Japanese: メアリと魔女の花, Hepburn: Meari to Majo no Hana) is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi from a screenplay he co-wrote with Riko Sawaguchi. It was produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura, animated by Studio Ponoc, and distributed by Toho in Japan. Based on the 1971 book The Little Broomstick by Mary Stewart, it was Ponoc's first feature film. It stars Hana Sugisaki, Yūki Amami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Hikari Mitsushima, Jiro Sato, Kenichi Endō, Eri Watanabe, and Shinobu Otake. In the film, Mary Smith (Sugisaki) finds "fly-by-night", a mysterious flower that can give her the power to become a witch for only one night. The film was released in Japan on 8 July 2017. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation and visuals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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