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5 Centimeters per Second

Original title: Byôsoku 5 senchimêtoru
  • 20072007
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
57K
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5 Centimeters per Second (2007)
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  • Animation
  • Drama
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Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to te... Read allTold in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.Told in three interconnected segments, we follow a young man named Takaki through his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
57K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Makoto Shinkai
  • Writer
    • Makoto Shinkai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kenji Mizuhashi(voice)
    • Yoshimi Kondou(voice)
    • Satomi Hanamura(voice)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Makoto Shinkai
  • Writer
    • Makoto Shinkai(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kenji Mizuhashi(voice)
    • Yoshimi Kondou(voice)
    • Satomi Hanamura(voice)
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    • 159User reviews
    • 66Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Kenji Mizuhashi
    • Takaki Tohnoas Takaki Tohno
    • (voice)
    Yoshimi Kondou
    • Akari Shinohara (segment "Oukashou")as Akari Shinohara (segment "Oukashou")
    • (voice)
    Satomi Hanamura
    • Kanae Sumida (segment "Cosmonaut")as Kanae Sumida (segment "Cosmonaut")
    • (voice)
    Ayaka Onoue
    • Akari Shinohara (segment "Byousoku 5 Centimeter")as Akari Shinohara (segment "Byousoku 5 Centimeter")
    • (voice)
    Risa Mizuno
      Yuka Terazaki
        Yûko Nakamura
          Masami Iwasaki
            Rei Kondo
              Hiroshi Shimozaki
                Takahiro Hirano
                  Akira Nakagawa
                    Keiko Izeki
                      Suguru Inoue
                        Rion Kako
                          Rika Nakamura
                            Miki Suga
                              Mika Sakenobe
                                • Director
                                  • Makoto Shinkai
                                • Writer
                                  • Makoto Shinkai(screenplay) (original story) (scenario)
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                                • Trivia
                                  The title 5 Centimeters Per Second comes from the speed at which cherry blossoms petals fall, petals being a metaphorical representation of humans, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways
                                • Goofs
                                  If cherry petals would fall by 5 centimeters per second, it would take them one minute to fall from a 3 meter high tree. Obviously they fall around ten times faster, even when pictured in the movie.
                                • Quotes

                                  Akari Shinohara, Takaki Toono: *Akari and Takaki kiss for the first time*

                                  Takaki Toono: And right then it felt like I finally understood where everything was, eternity, the heart , the soul. It was like I was sharing every experience I'd ever had in my past 13 years. And then, the next moment, I became unbearably sad. I didn't know what to do with these feeling. Her warmth, her soul. How was I supposed to treat them? That, I did not know. Then right then, I clearly understood that we would never be together. Our lives not yet fully realized, the vast expanse of time. They lay before us and there was nothing we could do. But then, all my worries, all my doubt, started melting away. All that was left were Akari's soft lips on mine.

                                • Connections
                                  Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Underappreciated Anime Movies (2016)
                                • Soundtracks
                                  One More Time, One More Chance
                                  Performed by Masayoshi Yamazaki

                                User reviews159

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                                Top review
                                6/10
                                Essentially an illustrated novella
                                For me, the difference between cinema and literature is that while the latter is fundamentally about words, the former should tell its story at least as much through visuals and movement as through dialogue. 5 Centimeters Per Second, however, tells its story almost completely through words. You could simply read the script and get the entire story.

                                For example, the first of the movie's three episodes begins, after a snippet of dialogue, with a series of read letters while you watch their receiver go about his day. The bulk of the episode is a train ride in which his anxiety over train delays is expressed mainly by hearing his thoughts about how anxious he is. Shut your eyes, and you wouldn't miss a bit of story.

                                You would, admittedly, miss some really stunning animation. This movie is absolutely gorgeous, with stunning backdrops that will take your breath away.

                                The story itself is moderately interesting, a slice of life contemplation of time and desire and feelings of loss.

                                But it's very slow. And while the movie has some emotional impact, most of it is contained in a final music video-style piece whose combination of lyrics and images would be almost as effective without the hour of story preceding them.

                                Most of the people writing reviews here find this movie deeply moving, and I do understand why. The situations are sad, the images are pretty, and a sense of melancholy hangs over the whole thing. But for me, it was too slow, too wordy, and lacked the things that, for me, make film so powerful.
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                                • Release date
                                  • March 3, 2007 (Japan)
                                • Country of origin
                                  • Japan
                                • Official site
                                  • Official Wikipedia
                                • Language
                                  • Japanese
                                • Also known as
                                  • 5 Centimeters Per Second
                                • Production company
                                  • CoMix Wave
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                                Box office

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                                • Budget
                                  • $5,000,000 (estimated)
                                • Gross worldwide
                                  • $256,851
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                                Technical specs

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                                • Runtime
                                  1 hour 3 minutes
                                • Color
                                  • Color
                                • Sound mix
                                  • Dolby Digital
                                • Aspect ratio
                                  • 1.85 : 1

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