Hisako — When Marnie Was There Character Profile

About Hisako

An older woman who paints and lives nearby. She recognizes Marnie in Anna's sketches and later reveals Marnie's full history and family lineage, enabling Anna's emotional breakthrough.

Character Facts

Played by

Hitomi Kuroki

Appears in

When Marnie Was There (2014)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Hisako — Social Acquaintance — Anna Sasaki (Sara Takatsuki)

  Hisako becomes an important local connection for Anna.

  Anna meets Hisako, an older woman who paints and comments that Anna's sketches resemble Marnie.

• Hisako — Social Former Acquaintance — Marnie (Kasumi Arimura)

  Hisako's past knowledge supplies the missing context about Marnie.

  Hisako says that she knew Marnie when she was young after recognizing Marnie in Anna's sketches.

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More characters from When Marnie Was There

• Anna Sasaki (Sara Takatsuki)
• Marnie (Kasumi Arimura)
• Yoriko Sasaki (Nanako Matsushima)
• Kiyomasa Oiwa (Susumu Terajima)
• Sayaka (voice) (Hana Sugisaki)
• Setsu Oiwa (Toshie Negishi)
• Nanny (Kazuko Yoshiyuki)
• Dr. Yamashita (voice) (Yo Oizumi)
• Marnie's Mother (voice) (Yuhko Kaida)
• Toichi (voice) (Ken Yasuda)
• Elderly Lady (Ryoko Moriyama)
• Marnie's Father (voice) (Shigeyuki Totsugi)