The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983 film)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Japanese film poster
Japanese時をかける少女
Directed byNobuhiko Obayashi[1]
Screenplay byWataru Kenmotsu[1]
Based onThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
by Yasutaka Tsutsui
Produced by
  • Norihiko Yamada
  • Kyoko Obayashi[1]
Starring
Edited byNobuhiko Obayashi[1]
Music byMasataka Matsutoya[1]
Production
company
Distributed byToei[1]
Release date
  • July 16, 1983 (1983-07-16)
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryJapan[1]
LanguageJapanese[1]
Box office¥4.76 billion (Japan)

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Japanese: 時をかける少女, Hepburn: Toki o Kakeru Shōjo) is a 1983 Japanese science-fiction film directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi, written for the screen by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It is based on the 1967 Japanese novel of the same name and was released by Toei in Japan on July 16, 1983. It has since been released internationally on DVD with English subtitles under various titles including The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, Girl of Time, The Girl Who Cut Time, among others.[2]

It was the first film adaptation of The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, about a high-school girl who gains the ability to time-travel and repeatedly relives the same day in a time loop. The film was a major box office success in Japan, becoming the second highest-grossing Japanese film of 1983. It was followed by several later cinematic adaptations, including a 2006 animated film and a 2010 live-action film.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Willis 1985, p. 428: "Review is from Toei screening room in Tokyo on July 15, 1983"
  2. ^ "TokiKake 1983 film on the SF Movie Data Bank" (in Japanese).