is the second live-action film adaptation of novel of the same name. The film was released in Japan on November 8, 1997, directed by Haruki Kadokawa, with a screenplay by Ryōji Itō, Chiho Katsura and Haruki Kadokawa, starring beginner Nana Nakamoto in the main role. The film is narrated by the previous 1983 film's lead-actress Tomoyo Harada, and is set in 1965, when the novel was published for the first time. The film poster was used as the new cover for the 1997 edition of the novel.
Cast
Nana Nakamoto as Kazuko Yoshiyama
Shunsuke Nakamura as Kazuo Fukamachi
Mitsuko Baisho
Takaaki Enoki
Mariko Hamatani (:ja:浜谷真理子) Yu Hayami Masatō Ibu Yoshiko Kuga Hironobu Nomura Tsunehiko Watase Itsumi Yamamura
Theme songs
"Yume no Naka de ~We are not alone, forever~" and "Toki no Canzone", a remake of the 1983 film's theme song, written and sung by Yumi Matsutoya.