| Toki o Kakeru Shōjo | |
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| Directed by | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Produced by | Yoshihiko Yamada Kyōko Ōbayashi Executive: Haruki Kadokawa |
| Screenplay by | Wataru Kenmotsu |
| Based on | Toki o Kakeru Shōjo by Yasutaka Tsutsui |
| Starring | Tomoyo Harada Ryoichi Takayanagi Toshinori Omi Yukari Tsuda Ittoku Kishibe Takako Irie Toshie Negishi |
| Music by | Masataka Matsutoya |
| Cinematography | Yoshihisa Sakamoto |
| Editing by | Nobuhiko Obayashi |
| Distributed by | Toei Company |
| Release date(s) | July 16, 1983 |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (時をかける少女) is a 1983 Japanese science fiction film directed and edited by Nobuhiko Obayashi, written by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It is based on the Japanese novel of the same name and released on July 16, 1983 in Japan by Toei, It's been since released internationally on DVD, with English sub-titles, under several unofficial English titles (The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, Girl Of Time, The Girl Who Cut Time, among others).[1]
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| "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" | |
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| Single by Tomoyo Harada | |
| from the album Toki o Kakeru Shōjo - Original Soundtrack | |
| Released | April 21, 1983 |
| Format | A-side Single |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | Canyon Records |
| Writer(s) | Yumi Matsutoya |
The song "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" (時をかける少女) was the popular theme-song for the 1983 movie, inspired by the story, written by Yumi Matsutoya, and originally sung by the film's lead-actress, then-rookie idol Tomoyo Harada. There are several different versions.
The first version was released in April 1983 as the A-side of Tomoyo Harada's third single (7A0275), with a B-side "Zutto Soba ni" also written by Yumi Matsutoya and two different cover pictures, and was included on the original soundtrack album for the film (C28A0279). A second version of this song was released in 1983 on Harada's first album Birthday album (WTP-40188), and in 1986 on her compilation album Pochette (ポシェット Pochetto) (CA30-1326). A third version was recorded in 1987 for her greatest hits album From T (32DH-848), and a fourth one in 2007 for her twenty-fifth anniversary original album Music & Me (XNHL-13001/B).
Matsutoya covered her own song it the same year on the B-side of her single "Dandelion" (ダンデライオン) and on her album Voyager in 1983.[2] She later rewrote it and renamed it as "Toki no Canzone" (時のカンツォーネ Toki no Kantsōne) to be the theme song for the new 1997 "Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" film, along with another of her songs: "Yume no Naka de (夢の中で)~We are not alone, forever~", both released on the original soundtrack album for the film (TOCT-9940) and on her album Suyua no Nami (スユアの波) in 1997.[3]
The original song was adapted in a commercial for noodles with then-beginning idol Yuki Kudo parodying the 1983 movie shortly after its release. Voice actress Ai Shimizu also covered the song as the B-side of her first single Angel Fish in 2003 (KICM-1077).
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