5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)

Original title

秒速5センチメートル

Directed by

Makoto Shinkai

Genre

drama film, romance film, drama anime and manga, coming-of-age film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 03m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 2,181 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Takaki Tono, a boy growing up in Japan, forms deep connections with girls over the years. The movie follows his life in three separate segments, showing how distance and time affect these relationships.

melancholicnostalgicslow-burnintrospectivepoignantgentlebittersweetvisually lush

What happens

5 Centimeters per Second (Japanese: 秒速5センチメートル, Hepburn: Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru) is a 2007 Japanese animated coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The film consists of three segments in triptych style, each following a period in the life of the protagonist Takaki Tōno and his relationships with the girls around him. It theatrically premiered in Japan on 3 March 2007. The film was awarded Best Animated Feature Film at the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards. It received a novelization in November 2007 and a manga adaptation illustrated by Seike Yukiko in 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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