Makoto Shinkai revealed via his official Twitter this Saturday that Suzume no Tojimari (Suzume's Door-Locking), his first new film in three years, has finished production.
『すずめの戸締まり』、完成いたしました！力を尽くしてくださった皆さま、応援してくれていた方々、本当にありがとうございました。きっと楽しんでいただける映画になっているはずです。たくさん観ていただけますように！ pic.twitter.com/2XE0SLkrMq
— 新海誠 (@shinkaimakoto) October 21, 2022
The first 12 minutes of the film will air in Japan on the NTV channel.
Suzume no Tojimari officially premieres in Japan on November 11th.
“We must think about how to close the many doors we’ve left open,” says Shinkai as he continues working on the film. “I gave this responsibility to Suzume as she travels around Japan closing various doors. It is my sincere hope that this film will leave its audience with big smiles and emotion as they leave the theater.”
Shinkai describes Suzume no Tojimari as a modern adventure story, an action film with a grand journey involved.
Synopsis
The story centers on Suzume, a 17-year-old girl from a quiet town in Kyushu who meets a young man searching for a door. They find a door within ruins in the mountains, and Suzume opens it. Soon, more doors begin to open around Japan, bringing disaster from the other side. The film portrays Suzume's liberation and growth as she closes the doors that are causing the disaster.
Shinkai stated that three important points about the film are that it is a journey through Japan, and therefore, a story about "closing doors" rather than opening them. He elaborated that closing doors could refer to tying up loose ends or finishing something.
Team
- Director and original story: Makoto Shinkai
- Character design: Masayoshi Tanaka
- Animation director: Kenichi Tsuchiya
- Art Director: Takumi Tanji
- Studios: CoMix Wave Films and Story Inc.
- Distributor: TOHO
Finally, it's worth remembering that the team planned the project from January to March 2020, developed the script from April to August of that same year, and wrote the scripts from September 2020 to December 2021. However, the actual production of the animation only began now in April 2022.
Source: ANN