

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 2006
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
- Fantasy, Animation, Drama, Science Fiction
- 98 min
- NR
There is a future that we can't wait for.
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20257/10
“Makoto” is one of those young girls who would probably be late for her own funeral. Every morning is a last minute rush as she gulps her breakfast then heads to high school and her two best friends “Kosuke” and “Chiaki” to continue with her very mediocre education! Indeed, the best part of their day is spent playing baseball and chatting and putting the world to rights. One afternoon, whilst she is investigating something curious in the laboratory she finds herself in a sort of puzzling Groundhog Day! She is reliving the same moments with the same outcome each time. After a quick chat with her “Auntie Witch”, she optimistically concludes that she might be able to change things for the better and help her friends - but each time she realises that there are as many unpredictable outcomes that she hadn’t or couldn’t factor in as there were improvements from her actions. Indeed, many of her interventions made things decidedly worse! Things become even more complex when her friend “Chiaki” suggests that they might like to date! Just how many times can she revisit that scenario without ending up ruining their friendship? Now I can’t pretend that I liked the young lass - in fact I found
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Cast
- Riisa NakaMakoto Konno (voice)
- Takuya IshidaChiaki Mamiya (voice)
- Mitsutaka ItakuraKousuke Tsuda (voice)
- Ayami KakiuchiYuri Hayakawa (voice)
- Mitsuki TanimuraKaho Fujitani (voice)
- Yuki SekidoMiyuki Konno (voice)
- Utawaka KatsuraMakoto's Father (voice)
- Midori AndoMakoto's Mother (voice)
- Fumihiko TachikiFukushima (voice)
- Keiko YamamotoAuntie (voice)
Crew
- Mamoru HosodaDirector
- Satoko OkuderaScreenplay
- Yasutaka TsutsuiNovel
- Yoshihiro TomitaDirector of Photography
- Kiyoshi YoshidaOriginal Music Composer
- Shigeru NishiyamaEditor
- Yuichiro SaitoProducer
- Takashi WatanabeProducer
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