Year: 2010
Plot: “Yoshiyama Kazuko works as a pharmaceutical researcher secretly developing a formula for time travel. When she is left comatose after a car accident, her daughter Akari learns of her mother's first love, Fukamachi Kazuo. Believing that finding Kazuo will allow her mother to regain consciousness, Akari uses Kazuko's formula to leap back in time to the 1970s in hopes of finding a younger Kazuo. I instead, she meets and befriends Mizorogi Ryouta. Together, they attempt to search for Kazuo, but love begins to blossom between them.”
There was some mixed opinions on the site I watched it, but most said it wasn’t good because it wasn’t up to par with the anime. Well I haven’t seen the anime, as it is still in my To Watch list. I wanted to see the live action first, because, well that is the version I would have less argument with trying to get my family to watch with me. n.n
Though I didn’t watch the anime, I have to say that this is a very good movie of itself. There were of course some points that were kind of off, like the time travel sequence (bad sfx), and the lack of explanation, but all in all, it was a good movie. I really loved Akari’s whole experience in the past. She really did make a great little trip for herself, but too bad those things can’t last.
I absolutely loved the fact that this movie took me by surprise. I never thought the story of the past would end like it did. I really felt bad for Akari, but at least that point she didn’t have to be a part of for long. I also loved the idea of the promise, even though time had past, and they couldn’t really remember things, they were still able to keep the promises that were made.
Like I said, I did have a problem with the lack of explanation in the movie. It would have been even better if it had explained how the time travel was possible. Simply telling us that someone created an elixir isn’t very satisfying. The rest of the storyline though keeps this point from ruining the movie.
This is another movie that I am going to have to own. It was really a nice story though I kind of wanted it to end differently, not because the ending was bad, but it is just kind of sad to see even if it realistically had to happen. I am also going to have to watch the anime sometime, because if it is even better than this movie, it will be well worth my time. n.n
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