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5 Centimeters per Second

Byôsoku 5 Senchimêtoru

Japan

2007

63 Min
Color
1.85:1
Japanese
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DIR Makoto Shinkai

EXEC Joey Goubeaud, John Ledford

PROD Jin Ho Chung, Makoto Shinkai

SCR Steven Foster, Makoto Shinkai

DP Makoto Shinkai

CAST Kenji Mizuhashi, Yoshimi Kondou, Satomi Hanamura, Ayaka Onoue, Risa Mizuno

ED Makoto Shinkai

MUSIC Tenmon

SOUND Makoto Shinkai

Locarno (Manga Impact – The World of Japanese Animation)

Synopsis

Takaki and Akari are two classmates in elementary school. During their time together they have become close friends. Their relationship is tested when Akari moves to another city because of her parents’ jobs. Both of them struggle to keep their friendship alive, as time and distance slowly pulls them apart. When Takaki finds out that he is moving further away, he decides to visit Akari one last time. —IMDb

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Makoto Shinkai

Makoto Shinkai (新海 誠 Shinkai Makoto?), born as Makoto Niitsu (新津 誠 Niitsu Makoto?, born February 9, 1973) is a Japanese director of anime and former graphic designer. A native of the Nagano Prefecture. Shinkai studied Japanese literature at Chuo University where he was a member of juvenile literature club where he drew picture books. He traces his passion for creation to the manga, anime, and novels he was exposed to while in middle school. His favorite anime is Castle in the Sky by Hayao Miyazaki. Shinkai has been called “The New Miyazaki” in several reviews including Anime Advocates and ActiveAnime, comparisons which he calls an “overestimation”.

After graduating from Chuo in 1994 he got a job at Falcom, a video game company and where he worked for 5 years by making video clips for games and graphic design including web content. During this time he met musician Tenmon who would later collaborate in all of his movies by providing the music score.

In 1999, Shinkai released… read more

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Eingya

24May12

Deeply touching and wonderfully directed. A movie about love and loneliness that doesn't talk so much with words or "story" but more with silence and visuals and makes full use of it being animated, trying with choices of cinematography and narration that wouldn't have ever worked in a live action movie, but here are just perfect. A movie in which the silences are louder and the dialogues become a background.

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Sarah J. Bean

7Apr12

After seeing Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below, discovering this was a great disappointment. While the film could contest as his best in terms of being an exercise in color, lighting, and aesthetic, the storyline these visuals are meant to emphasize is so empty, shallow, and melodramatic that it almost feels like a waste. Lacks in character, story, and plot, but is still painfully beautiful...

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Maoolina Fajrini

2Mar12

This movie is surely fulfilled with unrequited love

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natedelorean

16Feb12

why we hate this movie?because once in lifetime something like this happen to us,and that's hurt so bad

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BYOSOKU5 SENCHIMETORU (Personal Favorites) Review

By Twitchfilm.com on October 18, 2011
With Matoko Shinkai (Hoshi no Koe) gearing up to present his latest film to the Western world, I figured it would be a good time to revisit some of his former glory. Byosoku 5 Senchimetoru is an exceptional
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5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
For quite some time now those in the know have been declaring Makoto Shinkai the next Hayao Miyazaki. Starting with short films animated purely by himself on his home computer Shinkai has steadily built
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5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
For quite some time now those in the know have been declaring Makoto Shinkai the next Hayao Miyazaki. Starting with short films animated purely by himself on his home computer Shinkai has steadily built
read on Twitchfilm.net

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