Toki o kakeru shôjo (2010)

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.

Director:

Masaaki Taniguchi

Writers:

Yasutaka Tsutsui (based on the novel by), Tomoe Kanno (screenplay)

Stars:

Riisa Naka, Akiyoshi Nakao, Munetaka Aoki

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Riisa Naka	...	Akari Yoshiyama
Akiyoshi Nakao	...	Ryota Mizorogi
Munetaka Aoki	...	Gotetsu / Masamichi Hasegawa
Anna Ishibashi	...	Kazuko - '74
Shôta Chiyo	...	Goro - '74
Tokio Emoto	...	Satoru Motomiya
Mayu Kitaki	...	Natsuko Ichise
Yumika Tajima
Yûya Matsushita	...	Toru Kadoi
Kôki Katô	...	Kazuo - '72
Rie Katô
Toshiya Tôyama
Mika Hijii	...	Nurse
Kôtarô Shibata	...	(as Kotaro Shibata)
Akiko Takeuchi

Storyline

A girl travels back in time in order to save her dying mother in this Japanese sci-fi adventure directed by Masaaki Taniguchi. With her scientist mother Kazuko (Narumi Yasuda) in a coma after being knocked down in a car accident, high school student Akira Yoshiyama (Riisa Naka) decides to use her mother's research into time travel to journey back to the 1970s. Once there, Akira searches to find her mother's first true love and bring him back to the present, where she hopes his presence will bring Kazuko out of her coma. Unfortunately for Akira, she soon discovers that her presence in the past has unforeseen consequences for her future.

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Plot Keywords:

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Genres:

Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

13 March 2010 (Japan)

Also Known As:

The Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aniplex,Epic Records,Voice & Heart

Technical Specs

Runtime:

122 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the sixth adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui's novel "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time", but the second adaptation to be an indirect adaptation after Toki o kakeru shôjo (2006).

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Connections

References King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)

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Soundtracks

Futari
Music by Jin Nakamura
Lyrics by Juri Shono
Performed by Yûya Matsushita
(Epic Record Japan)

User Reviews

Surprisingly affecting

This sequel to the terrible 1983 movie The Little Girl Who Conquered Time has many of the flaws of its predecessor. They both look like inexpensive TV movies (although TV movies look better than they did in 1983), and they both have saccharine scores. But while the 1983 movie moved at a crawl and was headache-inducing in its stupidity, this movie has a lively pace and more interesting characters,and is considerably less absurd.

Unlike the 1983 movie or the excellent 2006 animated film that was also a sequel to the original story, Time Traveller does not involve a teenager hopping around through time. Instead, it involves a teenager making one hop, to 1974. The movie has some familiar 70s fashions, but a lot of the 70s details went over my head, I suspect, because I have no idea what Japan looked like back then.

What makes the movie stand out in spite of its poor production values is how the characters' emotional lives were brought out so sharply and affectingly. The movie has likable characters and they have relatable problems.

By most of my criteria for film making, Time Traveller is at best mediocre. But it's one of those B movies that somehow work, creating a better experience than should have been possible. I'm not saying it's a must see, but it is a very likable little film.