We are thrilled to announce that The Japan Society is once again a proud screening partner of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival (TJFF).
Celebrating its 15th year, the 2026 festival will showcase 24 award-winning films at Kobayashi Hall from June 11 to June 26.
As a special thank you to our community, we are giving away free tickets to the highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s classic, 5 Centimeters Per Second (Web).
️Screening Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Location: Kobayashi Hall (JCCC)
️Runtime: 121 mins (In Japanese with English Subtitles)
▶️How to Claim: Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis for our members. To enter to win a pair of tickets, please email admin@japansocietycanada.com today!
Not a winner? General tickets and passes go on sale May 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM.
ーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーーー
Details about the movie below☟
5 CENTIMETERS PER SECOND 秒速5センチメートル
121min/2025 Director: Yoshiyuki Okuyama NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Based on Makoto Shinkai’s (Your Name, Weathering with You) celebrated animated classic, this live-action adaptation traces the fragile connection between Takaki and Akari, two children who meet in elementary school and connect deeply, each finding comfort in the other’s loneliness. Akari moves away after graduation, but the two reunite one snowy night under a cherry tree and promise to meet again in the same place in 2009.
Spanning adolescence to adulthood, the film explores the delicate pace at which hearts drift apart - five centimeters per second - the speed at which cherry blossom petals fall. With delicate performance and beautiful visuals, the film captures the aching beauty of love shaped by time, chance, and the spaces in between.
Starring Hokuto Matsumura, Mitsuki Takahata, Nana Mori, Yū Aoki, Mai Kiryū, Aoi Miyazaki, Hidetaka Yoshioka
「君の名は。」「すずめの戸締まり」の新海誠監督による2007年公開の劇場アニメーション「秒速5センチメートル」の実写映画化。
1991年、春。東京の小学校で出会った遠野貴樹と篠原明里は、互いの孤独に手を差し伸べるように心を通わせるが、卒業と同時に明里は引っ越してしまう。中学1年の冬。吹雪の夜に栃木・岩舟で再会を果たした2人は、雪の中に立つ桜の木の下で、2009年3月26日に同じ場所で再会することを約束する。時は流れ、2008年。東京でシステムエンジニアとして働く貴樹は30歳を前にして、自分の一部が遠い時間に取り残されたままであることに気づく。明里もまた、当時の思い出とともに静かに日常を生きていた。
監督：奥山由之
出演：松村北斗、高畑充希、森七菜、青木柚、木竜麻生、宮崎あおい、吉岡秀隆
