Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997 film)

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo
DVD cover
Directed byHaruki Kadokawa
Screenplay byRyoji Ito
Chiho Katsura
Haruki Kadokawa
StarringNana Nakamoto
Shunsuke Nakamura
Narrated byTomoyo Harada
Release date
  • November 8, 1997 (1997-11-08)
Running time
106 minutes
LanguageJapanese

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (時をかける少女, lit. "The Girl Who Runs Through Time") is the second live-action film adaptation of novel of the same name.[1] The film was released in Japan on November 8, 1997, directed by Haruki Kadokawa, with a screenplay by Ryōji Itō, Chiho Katsura and Haruki Kadokawa, starring beginner Nana Nakamoto [jp] in the main role. The film is narrated by the previous 1983 film's lead-actress Tomoyo Harada, and is set in 1965, when the novel was published for the first time. The film poster was used as the new cover for the 1997 edition of the novel.

Cast

Theme songs

"Yume no Naka de ~We are not alone, forever~" and "Toki no Canzone", a remake of the 1983 film's theme song, written and sung by Yumi Matsutoya.

References

  1. ^ "TokiKake 1997 film on the SF Movie Data Bank" (in Japanese).