Mirai

(2018)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 885 votes

Genres: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Drama

Year: 2018

Runtime: 98 мин

Country: Japan

Director: Мамору Хосода

Cast: Мока Камисираиси, Хару Куроки, Гэн Хошино, Кумико Асо, Мицуо Йошихара, Йошико Миядзаки, Кодзи Якусё, Масахару Фукуяма, Каэдэ Хондо, Дэниел Дэ Ким

Plot

Four-year-old Kun struggles with jealousy after his newborn sister, Mirai, begins receiving most of his family’s attention. Retreating to the garden, he encounters Mirai as a teenager from the future and embarks on extraordinary journeys across his family’s past, gradually discovering new perspectives on love, belonging and what it means to become an older brother.

The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family, until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in the backyard of the boy's home becomes a gateway allowing the child to travel back in time and encounter his mother as a little girl and his great-grandfather as a young man. These fantasy-filled adventures allow the child to change his perspective and help him become the big brother he was meant to be.