Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru (2007)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Makoto Shinkai

Writers:

Steven Foster (adaptation) and
Makoto Shinkai (writer)

Release Date:

3 March 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A chain of short stories about their distance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Petal | Love | Dream | Telephone | Wave

Cast

Kenji Mizuhashi	...	Takaki Toono (voice)
Yoshimi Kondou	...	Akari Shinohara (segment "Oukashou") (voice)
Satomi Hanamura	...	Kanae Sumita (segment "Cosmonaut") (voice)
Ayaka Onoue	...	Akari Shinohara (segment "Byousoku 5 Centimeter") (voice)
Risa Mizuno	...	(voice)
Yuka Terazaki	...	(voice)
Yuko Nakamura	...	(voice)
Masami Iwasaki	...	(voice)
Rei Kondo	...	(voice)
Hiroshi Shimozaki	...	(voice)
Takahiro Hirano	...	(voice)
Akira Nakagawa	...	(voice)
Keiko Izeki	...	(voice)
Suguru Inoue	...	(voice)
Rion Kako	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

5 Centimeters per Second (International: English title) (literal title)
5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance (International: English title)
5 Centimetres per Second (UK)

Runtime:

Japan:63 min (original version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color (animation)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | South Korea:All | Canada:PG | USA:TV-PG

Company:

CoMix Wave

Trivia:

Makoto Shinkai had expressed that, unlike his past works, there would be no fantasy or science fiction elements in this film. Instead, the feature film would attempt to present the real world from a different perspective. Makoto's film gives a realistic view of the struggles many face against, time, space, people, and love.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Akari Shinohara: Hey... They say it's five centimeters per second.
Takaki Toono: What do you mean?
Akari Shinohara: The speed at which the sakura blossom petals fall... Five centimeters per second.

Movie Connections:

References Kanojo to kanojo no neko (1999) (V)

Features in Deep film

Having viewed the previous two films of Makoto Shinkai,I am enchanted by these animations.It is a beautiful and a little sorrow story in the film,but you will find the story is depicted in a totally different way after finishing reading the novel of it.Especially the 3rd chapter:5 cm per second.

In the film,there are a myriad of description about Takaki,while few about Akari.Admittedlly,the plot is evolved in the eye of him.However,there are almost equal depiction about Takaki and Akari in the novel.I like the feature of Takaki,he is a industrious kid thought physical trouble(his health condition is not very good in youth)and changing of the environment(he always moves) give some disadvantage in his young days.Later he entered a Univ in Tokyo,and in his campus life he also had some beautiful affections with his workmate in some social work.So he undergo certain pain emotionally,but this makes him a more strong man.He is also a boy of achievement:in the novel,he work as a programmer in a big company,and he has considerable income.Although succeed in career,Takaki's emotional life is not supposed to be very perfect.He still care about Akari even after having worked for a few years,or even in relationship with his girlfriend.The reason why he is so confused in the film is that somebody is haunting around him.

But after the train passed by,the girl(she is supposed to be Akari) in the other side of the railway disappeared.Our actor know that she had pursued her happiness.Okay,let's him start a new life!