Mary and the Witch's Flower (2017)

Original title

メアリと魔女の花

Directed by

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Genre

fantasy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 921 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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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