5 Centimeters per Second

5 Centimeters per Second

2025 · 121 min · ★ 7.8 · Drama, Romance

Spring 1991. Takaki and Akari meet in elementary school and continue to exchange letters even after she moves away. They make a final promise to each other to meet again. It is now 2008. They live their respective lives, paths never crossing. Enduring memories and a premonition of that promised day. Even now, their words from that day drift quietly, transcending time and distance. An ephemeral story of a promised reunion with someone precious.

Directed by Yoshiyuki Okuyama · Written by Ayako Suzuki

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Hokuto Matsumura Takaki Tohno
Mitsuki Takahata Akari Shinohara
Yuzu Aoki Teenage Takaki Tohno
Nana Mori Kanae Sumida
Mai Kiryu Risa Mizuno
Haruto Ueda Young Takaki Tohno
Noa Shiroyama Young Akari Shinohara
Aoi Miyazaki Midori Koshimizu
Hidetaka Yoshioka Ryuichi Ogawa
Takashi Okabe Kunihiko Kubota
Seina Nakata Asami Kaneko
Kentaro Tamura Sojiro Toda

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