Visit to Jordan of Director Makoto Shinkai in January 2008
One of the most successful visual artists among the rising generation in Japan will visit Jordan for workshop, screening and talks.
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Press kit released by CoMix Wave Films
5 Centimeters Per Second - A chain of short stories about their distance -
Directed by Makoto SHINKAI
Genre: Animation/DramaLength: 63minutes
1st Story: “Oukashou” (Cheery-Blossom Story)
2nd Story: “Cosmonaut”
3rd Story: “Byousoku 5 Centimeters” (5 Centimeters per Second)
SYNOPSIS
After transferring to the same elementary school, Takaki and Akari became best friends. But when both families are forced to relocate, their lives change. After a year of separation, Takaki is about to reunite with Akari. Sitting on the train from Tokyo, memories of the past rush through his mind as he draws closer to his meeting, Takaki and Akari begin to wonder if the will ever be able to see each other again, and share their secret feelings. Join Takaki on a journey into three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives.The title of the film, 5 Centimeters per Second, refers to the speed at which cherry blossoms fall from the trees, reminiscent of the slowness of life and how people often start together but slowly drift into their separate ways.
OVERVIEW
"Byousoku 5 Centimeters (5 Centimeters per Second)" is the serial short animations consisting of independent three works, which story is depicted with a boy at the core. Its story is set on Japan from the first half of the 1990s to now. Its place moves around Tokyo and some other countryside along with the boy's life.Unlike the past works of Makoto Shinkai… There will be no fantasy or Sci-fiction elements in this film. Shinkai attempts to present the true real world as he did actual location hunting. Shinkai’s objective for creating this film is to create works that inspire ones life ”by depicting life as true as it is and let the viewers have a different view to the familiar surroundings that everyone has seen before.” Because “even though our real lives are tainted by sad and dramatic event, the world still brighten our lives with beauty and colourful events that makes everything worth living ….”
- The film has been released theatrically from March 3rd and extended its showing for over 35 theaters till beginning of August, 2007.
- The film has selected as the Opening Film for Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival 2007
- Outside of Japan, the film has been released theatrically in Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong (as of September 2007.)
MEDIA QUOTES: “5 Centimeters per Second”
Japan Times
“A brilliant gem”
“Impression of life lived at its most perceptive, intense - - and heart breaking”
“An Animated paradise made entirely from the materials of the every day: trains, flakes, sky”
“About three teenagers with common experiences of longing, love and loss”
Variety
“differs in theme and treatment from his previous sci-fi/fantasy pics, but has fared well in arthouse engagements”
“depicts the momentous meetings and partings of two teens in love, earning the sort of rave reviews that justify the Miyazaki comparisons”
Anime Insider
“Lyrical Storytelling and striking use of light and colour”
“A homegrown masterpiece”
“A realistic chronicle of school sweethearts surviving the journey to adulthood”
Newtype USA
“The director’s trademarks of breathtakingly detailed visuals, understated narrative style, and themes of separation and loneliness are propelled to a new level.”
“A heartrending masterwork of beautiful melancholy”
Staff and Cast
CAST
| Takaki TONO | Kenji MIZUHASHI |
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| Kanae SUMIDA | Satomi HANAMURA |
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Ayaka ONOUE |
STAFF
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Storyboard Original Character Design |
Makoto SHINKAI |
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Key Animation Director Character Design |
Takayo NISHIMURA |
| Background Art Director | Makoto SHINKAI |
| Background Art |
Takumi TANJI Akiko MAJIMA |
| Coloring | Makoto SHINKAI |
| Camera | Makoto SHINKAI |
| Edit | Makoto SHINKAI |
| SE Director | Makoto SHINKAI |
| Voice Director | Yuji MITSUYA |
| Music | TENMON |
| Arranger | Toshio OKAZAWA |
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Main Theme Song written and performed by |
Masayoshi YAMAZAKI |
| Production |
Makoto Shinkai CoMix Wave Films |
| Producer | Noritaka KAWAGUCHI |
| Presented by |
Shinkai Creative CoMix Wave Films |
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Director Original Story Screenplay |
Makoto SHINKAI |
CoMix Wave Films Inc.
4-2-6 8F, Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo, 102-0083, JAPAN
TEL:+81-3-3230-7021
FAX:+81-3-3230-7023
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