The Japanese live-action film Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (時をかける少女) is a direct adaptation of the novel, released on July the 16th 1983 in Japan by Toei, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, with a screenplay by Wataru Kenmotsu, and starring idol Tomoyo Harada in her first film. It's been since released internationally on DVD, with English sub-titles, under several unofficial English titles (The Little Girl Who Conquered Time, Girl Of Time, The Girl Who Cut Time, among others).
- Cast
- Tomoyo Harada as Kazuko Yoshiyama
- Ryôichi Takayanagi as Kazuo Fukamachi
- Toshinori Omi as Goroh Asakura
- Yukari Tsuda as Mariko Kanda
- Ittoku Kishibe as Toshimi Fukushima
- Takako Irie as Tatsu
- Wakaba Irie as Noriko
- Toshie Negishi as Namiko Tachibana
- Akiko Kitamura as Sadako Asakura
- Taizoh Masumoto as Takeo Haramichi
- Makoto Naito as Tetsuyo Yoshiyama
- Ken Uehara as Masaharu Fukamachi
- Theme song
"Toki o Kakeru Shōjo" written by Yumi Matsutoya, sung by the film's lead-actress Tomoyo Harada.
