Live-Action 5 Centimeters Per Second Film Casts Mitsuki Takahata

by Matt Schley August 5, 2025

Live-Action 5 Centimeters Per Second Film Casts Mitsuki TakahataMitsuki Takahata is set to play Akari Shinohara, the female protagonist of 5 Centimeters Per Second, in the upcoming live-action film adaptation, it was revealed today.

Takahata joins previously announced cast members Hokuto Matsumura of group SixTones as male lead Takaki TMno, plus Haruto Ueda and Noa Shiroyama, who play the childhood versions of Tono and Shinohara.

Takahata, 33, is known for films such as Monster (Hirona), Golden Kamuy (Umeko) and Kokuho (Harue Fukuda).

Also revealed today were a new poster featuring Takahata as Shinohara and an official comment from Makoto Shinkai, who created the original 2007 anime.

Shinkai, in part, wrote that he initially felt uncomfortable while watching the film because he felt hed passed an incomplete and immature work down to director Yoshiyuki Okuyama, but that by the end of the film, he was surprised to find himself crying. He wrote that he wasnt sure what made him cry: elements from the original anime, the work done by Okuyama and his crew, or for the feeling of the lost 2000s, but that in any case, he was deeply moved.

The film hits theaters in Japan on October 10.

Gkids describes Shinkais anime like this:

Young love, missed connections, and unrequited feelings collide in a romance from Makoto Shinkai, the visionary director of Weathering With You and Your Name. Told in three vignettes, 5 Centimeters per Second: A Chain of Short Stories About Their Distance, explores the joys and heartache of falling in love set against the backdrop of the breathtaking visuals that define Shinkais work. Takaki yearns to spill his heart out for childhood crush Akari, but their families move away before any feelings can fully blossom. They stay in touch, but eventually drift apart with school and new friends to distract them. As the seasons pass, Takaki navigates his relationships while haunted by all the things he left unsaid with Akari, his first love.

Source: Natalie

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