5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND | North American Premiere | Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Sat, Jun 13 · 4:00 PM
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
Based on Makoto Shinkais (Your Name, Weathering with You) celebrated animated classic, this live-action adaptation traces the fragile connection between Takaki and Akari, two children who meet in elementary school and connect deeply, each finding comfort in the others loneliness. Akari moves away after graduation but the two reunite one snowy night under a cherry tree and promise to meet again in the same place in 2009.Spanning adolescence to adulthood, the film explores the delicate pace at whi