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Keiko Niwa has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Secret World of Arrietty.
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The Secret World of Arrietty
2010 · Movie · Writer
Top 2%Max · Included

When Marnie Was There
2014 · Movie · Writer
Top 10%Max · Included

From Up on Poppy Hill
2011 · Movie · Writer
Top 26%Max · Included

Tales from Earthsea
2006 · Movie · Writer
Top 88%Max · Included

Ocean Waves
1993 · Movie · Writer
Top 91%Max · Included

14-year-old Arrietty and the rest of the Clock family live in peaceful anonymity as they make their own home from items "borrowed" from the house's human inhabitants. However, life changes for the Clocks when a human boy discovers Arrietty.
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi · With Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tomokazu Miura

Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi · With Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima

Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
Dir. Goro Miyazaki · With Masami Nagasawa, Junichi Okada, Keiko Takeshita

Something bizarre has come over the land. The kingdom is deteriorating. People are beginning to act strange... What's even more strange is that people are beginning to see dragons, which shouldn't enter the world of humans. Due to all these bizarre events, Ged, a wandering wizard, is investigating the cause. During his journey, he meets Prince Arren, a young distraught teenage boy. While Arren may look like a shy young teen, he has a severe dark side, which grants him strength, hatred, ruthlessness and has no mercy, especially when it comes to protecting Teru. For the witch Kumo this is a perfect opportunity. She can use the boy's "fears" against the very one who would help him, Ged.
Dir. Goro Miyazaki · With Junichi Okada, Aoi Teshima, Bunta Sugawara
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
Dir. Tomomi Mochizuki · With Nobuo Tobita, Yoko Sakamoto, Toshihiko Seki
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
Dir. Goro Miyazaki · With Kokoro Hirasawa, Shinobu Terajima, Gaku Hamada
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