Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1997 film)

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo
DVD cover
Directed byHaruki Kadokawa
Screenplay byRyōji Itō
Chiho Katsura
Haruki Kadokawa
Based onThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Produced by
  • Katsuhiko Aoki
  • Haruki Kadokawa
  • Mitsuru Kurosawa
Starring
Narrated byTomoyo Harada
CinematographySeizō Sengen
Edited byNobutake Kamiya
Music by
Production
companies
  • Kadokawa Haruki Corporation
  • Central Arts
  • Tri-Arts
Distributed byThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time Screening Committee
Release date
  • 8 November 1997 (1997-11-08) (Japan)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥130 million

Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (時をかける少女; lit. The Girl Who Runs Through Time) is a 1997 Japanese science fiction romance drama film directed by Haruki Kadokawa, with a screenplay by Kadokawa, Ryōji Itō and Chiho Katsura. It is the second live-action film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui. The film stars beginner actress Nana Nakamoto in the main role, and is narrated by the previous adaptation's lead actress Tomoyo Harada. Its story is set in 1965, the year of the novel's initial publication; to emphasize this, the film was shot in black and white. The film poster was used as the new cover for the 1997 edition of the novel. Toki o Kakeru Shōjo was theatrically released on November 8, 1997, in Japan.