

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop
2021-07-22 · 88 min · ★ 7.3
After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.
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- Directors
- Kyohei Ishiguro
- Production companies
- Signal.MD, Sublimation
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Somegoro IchikawaCherry (voice)
Hana SugisakiSmile (voice)
Megumi HanBeaver (voice)
Natsuki HanaeJapan (voice)
Yuuichirou UmeharaToughboy (voice)
Megumi NakajimaJulie (voice)
Sumire MorohoshiMarie (voice)
Shizuka ItohNami (voice)
Minori SuzukiAkiko (voice)
Hiroshi KamiyaKoichi (voice)
Maaya SakamotoMaria (voice)
Yasuaki TakumiKanta (voice)
Nanako MoriSae (voice)
Aya HisakawaTanaka (voice)
Manami NumakuraMiyuki (voice)
Junichi YanagitaMotopuri (voice)
Kikuko InoueTsubaki (voice)
Koichi YamaderaMr. Fujiyama (voice)
Eizo Tsuda(voice)
Hitomi Shogawa(voice)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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