The Girl Who Leapt Through Time [4K UHD] [US]

Release Date: 20/1/2026

From the director of House (1977) comes the most beloved live-action version of the 2006 anime sensation The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.

Adapting sci-fi author Yasutaka Tsutsui's famous 1967 novel, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time cast Tomoyo Harada in her feature film debut, launching the Kadokawa pop idol into superstardom. After suffering a fainting spell in her school's laboratory, 16-year-old Kazuko Yoshiyama (Harada) begins to experience a strange phenomenon throughout her daily life—temporal leaps backward and forward in time—disorienting her as she relives moments time and time again, as days past return to present. Lost in a sea of time, Kazuko's desperate plead to exist in the present are answered, amidst the swell of FX wizardry, musical overtures and, most of all, the anchor of young love. Lyrical, romantic and longing, Obayashi's film is a genuine expression of the filmmaker's reflections on the poetic transcendence of love—cast across the stars for a young girl who lives in tomorrow.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE CAMERA NEGATIVE
• HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
• Audio:
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
• Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
• Optional English subtitles for the main feature
• NEW Audio Commentary by Obayashi Scholar Alex Pratt
• NEW Now and Then, Here and There: Onomichi Pt. 2 - Visual essay by Alex Pratt
• NEW A Movie: Obayashi's Cinematic Life - Visual essay by Obayashi biographer Max Robinson
• A Conversation with Nobuhiko Obayashi (2015) Japan Society NY
• Director Nobuhiko Obayashi Archival Interview
• The Tomoyo Harada Story
• Toki O Kakeru Shojo music video
• Theatrical Trailers
• New improved English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve with original Japanese poster art
• First pressing only: a reproduction of a 24-page original Japanese booklet