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Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

TANIGUCHI Masaaki

Japan2010 122min 35mm Color International Premiere

Synopsis

The heroine in this film is Akari, the daughter of the heroine from the original novel. Her only purpose is to meet her mothers lover, Kazuo. To satisfy her mothers wishes, Akari leaps through time to the year 1972! but, by mistake ends up in the year 1974. What will she do!

Diretor

TANIGUCHI Masaaki

His university graduation short film Yoko"s Removal (1989) was awarded the Most Excellent 16mm Film Prize and Most Excellent Actor Prize at the Pia Film Festival. After that, he studied under Director Tetsuo Shinohara, and he worked as an assistant director for many films.