It was back in July 2018 that the folks at GKIDS worked to bring Mary and the Witch’s Flower to the streaming service. The film, which opened in July 2017, saw streaming on the Netflix service but that ended in the summer of 2021. The film has seen a decent bit of distribution beyond that with a somewhat limited Hulu run as well but that ended earlier this year. What I had missed was that the film in its English-dubbed form was added in April 2023 to Prime Video, which we definitely recommend checking out if you have the service.
The film has Ruby Barnhill of The BFG playing the title character with Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent, Ewen Bremner, and Louis Ashbourne Serkis among the rest of the cast.
The film is directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi who also wrote the screenplay with Riko Sakaguchi at Studio Ponoc.
Altitude Film Entertainment has acquired the UK rights to bring out Mary and the Witch’s Flower while GKIDS will be handling the North American release for the work. Madman Entertainment is working the Australian release.
The Japanese cast includes Hana Sugisaki as Mary, Yuuki Amami as Madam Manbulduke, Fumiyo Kohinata as Doctor Day, Hikari Mitsushima as Akage no Majo, Jirou Satou as Furanaga, Eri Watanabe as Bankusu, Shinobu, Ootake as Charlotte, and Ryunosuke Kamiki as Peter.
