Underplayed Gems

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1994)

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo poster
Original title
時をかける少女
Directed by
Masayuki Ochiai
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 5 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A schoolgirl gains the ability to leap through time. She uses this power to change small events in her daily life. Her actions have unintended consequences for herself and the people around her.

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What happens

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (時をかける少女; lit. "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") is the second live-action television adaptation of the novel of the same name. It aired as a five-episode Japanese television live-action TV series broadcast on Fuji Television between February 19 and March 19, 1994, directed by Masayuki Ochiai and Yūichi Satō, with screenplay by Ryōichi Kimizuka and music by Joe Hisaishi. It stars the then-rookie idol Yuki Uchida in the main role, and also features the writer of the original book, Yasutaka Tsutsui, and the then-unknown idols Miho Kanno (the first Tomie), Ranran Suzuki and her then-rabbit-cosplayed-partner in the children TV show Ponkikies: future J-pop star Namie Amuro. The series' theme song is "Mermaid" (人魚, Ningyo) by Nokko. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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