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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010): Cast & Plot

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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a 2010 adventure sci-fi film directed by Masaaki Taniguchi, starring Riisa Naka as Akari Yoshiyama, Anna Ishibashi and Narumi Yasuda. It runs 2 hours 2 minutes.

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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010) movie poster
Released
Runtime
2h 2m (122 min)
Genres
Adventure , Sci-Fi
Original language
Japanese
Studio
Aniplex
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time About?

The premise of Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

As Akari Yoshiyama prepares to graduate and start university, her mother—who works as a pharmacologist—suffers a car accident that upends their plans. Determined to honor her mother’s dream, Akari finds a way to travel back to 1972, hoping to change the past and fulfill that wish.

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Cast & crew

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Cast & Characters

Riisa Naka leads the cast as Akari Yoshiyama, with Anna Ishibashi as Young Kazuko Yoshiyama and Narumi Yasuda as Kazuko Yoshiyama. Directed by Masaaki Taniguchi; 12 actors are credited in all.

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From the director

More from Masaaki Taniguchi

One more film directed by Masaaki Taniguchi: Signal.

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Plot

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Plot Summary

What happens in Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 2-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

In 2010, (/actor/narumi-yasuda) works as a pharmaceutical researcher secretly developing a formula for time travel. After a car accident, she is left comatose. She briefly regains consciousness and asks her daughter Akari Yoshiyama(/actor/riisa-naka) to travel back in time to 1972 and deliver a message to her first love, (/actor/kanji-ishimaru). Akari mistakenly travels to 1974 and befriends (/actor/akiyoshi-nakao), who welcomes her into his apartment while she seeks a way back to her own time.

Full summary

The whole story of Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, scene by scene

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Videos

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Trailers & Videos

2 videos: 2 trailers.

trailer - "TIME TRAVELLER, the girl who leapt through time"
  • Trailer Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Official Trailer [HD] | Live-Action Adaptation
Quiz

How Well Do You Know Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time?

10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.

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Which actress portrays Kazuko Yoshiyama?

Details

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Also Known As

11 alternative titles, including “Toki o kakeru shôjo” and “Toki o kakeru shojo”.

Also known as
  • Toki o kakeru shôjo
  • Toki o kakeru shojo
  • 時をかける少女 2010
  • Time Traveller:The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
  • Time Traveller: Das Mädchen, das durch die Zeit sprang
  • 穿越时空的少女
  • Девочка, покорившая время
  • 시간을 달리는 소녀
  • Az időutazó - A lány, aki átugrotta az időt
  • 穿越時空的少女
  • 穿越時空的少女:2010電影版

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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time?

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time runs 2 hours 2 minutes (122 minutes).

When was Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time released?

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was released on March 13, 2010.

Who directed Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time?

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time was directed by Masaaki Taniguchi.

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Who is in the cast of Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time?

Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time stars Riisa Naka as Akari Yoshiyama, Anna Ishibashi as Young Kazuko Yoshiyama and Narumi Yasuda as Kazuko Yoshiyama, among 12 credited actors.

Does Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time have a post-credit scene?

No. Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time has no extra scene during or after the credits.

What language is Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in?

The original language of Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is Japanese.

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