High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in Taki’s body, and he in hers. This bizarre occurrence continues to happen randomly, and the two must adjust their lives around each other.
Cinematography
Every frame is a wallpaper; that comet sequence is devastating
Score
Radwimps soundtrack that hijacks your emotions completely
Direction
Shinkai's precise control of revelation timing
Director
Makoto Shinkai
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Taki Tachibana (voice)
Mone Kamishiraishi
Mitsuha Miyamizu (voice)
Ryo Narita
Katsuhiko Teshigawara (voice)
Aoi Yuuki
Sayaka Natori (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Tsukasa Fujii (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Shinta Takagi (voice)
Kanon Tani
Yotsuha Miyamizu (voice)
Masaki Terasoma
Toshiki Miyamizu (voice)
Sayaka Ohara
Futaha Miyamizu (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Taki's Father (voice)
Chafurin
Teshigawara's Father (voice)
Yuka Kato
Teshigawara's Mother (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Teacher Yuki-chan (voice)
Masami Nagasawa
Miki Okudera (voice)
Etsuko Ichihara
Hitoha Miyamizu (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film draws heavily from Japanese kami traditions and the concept of musubi—the tying together of threads, time, and human connection.
JP
