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Free London Screening of Shinkai's 5 Centimeters October 25
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The Embassy of Japan in London has announced that it will hold a free screening of Makoto Shinkai's 2007 film 5 Centimeters Per Second. The screening will be on Wednesday October 25 at 6.30 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) and will be in Japanese with subtitles. Details of how to book are here.
5 Centimeters Per Second was the second full-length film by Makoto Shinkai. The film is split into three individual segments, and it premiered in Japan in 2007. It is a tale of two people, Tono Takaki and Shinohara Akari, who were close friends but gradually grow farther and farther apart as time moves on. They become separated because of their families yet continue to exchange contact in the form of letters. Yet as time goes on, their contact with one another begins to cease. Years pass and the rift between them grows ever larger. However, Takaki remembers the times they have shared together, but as life continues to unfold for him, he wonders if he would be given the chance to meet Akari again.
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