The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
- Original title
- 時をかける少女
- Directed by
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Cast
- Minamino Yoko, Nakagawa Katsuhiko, Honda Hirotaro, Ito Yasuomi, Tsuchida Sanae, Tsuyuhara Chigusa, Hamamura Jun, Yonezawa Yuka
- Genre
- science fiction film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A high school girl discovers she can travel through time. She uses her new ability to relive the same day over and over again.
whimsicalnostalgiclightheartedquirkybittersweetplayfulreflectivegentle
What happens
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Japanese: 時をかける少女, Hepburn: Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) is a 1983 Japanese science-fiction film directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi, written for the screen by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It is based on the 1967 Japanese novel of the same name and was released by Toei in Japan on July 16, 1983. It has since been released internationally on DVD with English subtitles under various titles, including The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, Girl of Time, and The Girl Who Cut Time, among others. It was the first film adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, about a high-school girl who gains the ability to time-travel and repeatedly relives the same day in a time loop. The film was a major box office success in Japan, becoming the second highest-grossing Japanese film of 1983. It received a sequel in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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