Live-Action 5 Centimeters Per Second Film Showcases Kenshi Yonezu Theme Song

Live-Action 5 Centimeters Per Second Film Previews Kenshi Yonezu Theme Song
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The 5 Centimeters Per Second live-action movie has unveiled a fresh trailer that highlights its Kenshi Yonezu theme song, “1991.”

This 90-second trailer also provides more insight into its multi-year-spanning narrative, transporting viewers to the years 1991, 1997, and 2009 before concluding with its interpretation of the original anime’s iconic train crossing finale.

5 Centimeters Per Second is set to debut on October 10 JST in Japan. The original anime film by Your Name‘s Makoto Shinkai was released in 2007. Netflix outlines the premise of the 63-minute anime as:

Inseparable fourth-graders Takaki Tonoo and Akari Shinohara – bonded by a love of books – begin to slowly drift apart when their families relocate.

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The anime has given rise to a novelization by Shinkai, a manga adaptation, and the novel 5 Centimeters Per Second: One More Side, which offers Akari’s perspective.

Staff
• Director: Yoshiyuki Okuyama (“Kick Back” music video, the upcoming At The Bench)
• Screenwriter: Ayako Suzuki (Ai ni Ranbou)
Cast
• Hokuto Matsumura as Takaki Tonoo
• Haruto Ueda as young Takaki
• Noa Shiroyama as young Akari Shinohara
• Nana Mori as Kanae Sumida
• Yuzu Aoki as high school-aged Takaki
• Mai Kiryuu as Risa Mizuno

Source: Toho MOVIE Channel

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