Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That Day

1988 1h 10m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 85

RomanceAnimationDramaComedy

Synopsis

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Kyousuke and Madoka have finally arrived at the point where they are close to graduation and have to decide where they want to go to college. Naturally, they want to go together, so beside all the studying they also have to look for a proper college where they can enter both. Hikaru, still a year from graduating, wants to support Kyousuke as well and does that in her own way. But while she does that, Madoka feels jealous and tells her feelings to Kyousuke. And then Kyousuke has to take action to finally decide on the girl he loves.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Toru Furuya
Kyosuke Kasuga (voice)
Eriko Hara
Hikaru Hiyama (voice)
Maria Kawamura
Madoka's Sister (voice)
Chiyoko Kawashima
Hikaru's Mother (voice)
Tomoko Maruo
Horikoshi (voice)
Keiichi Nanba
Seiji Komatsu (voice)
Katsumi Suzuki
Umao (voice)
Naoki Tatsuta
Kazuya Hatta (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Writers: Tomomi Mochizuki, Kenji Terada, Izumi Matsumoto
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Kimagure Orange☆Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, shot by Hitoshi Kaneko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eigo Makioka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Toru Furuya and Eriko Hara and Maria Kawamura carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0095448 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tomomi Mochizuki directs. Hitoshi Kaneko behind the camera. Shiro Sagisu scores. Eigo Makioka cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Kimagure Orange☆Road Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki, shot by Hitoshi Kaneko. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Shiro Sagisu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Eigo Makioka shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Toru Furuya and Eriko Hara and Maria Kawamura carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0095448 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 85 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 10 different titles around the world.