Rewrite
A graduating high-school girl falls for a visitor from three centuries ahead and risks rewriting a fate-bound romance.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- wistful
- mysterious
- melancholic
- quiet evening
- romantic movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Miyuki's relationship with a visitor from three centuries ahead becomes inseparable from changing the story's predetermined course.
Yasuhiko arrives from 300 years ahead, making temporal distance the central obstacle to intimacy and understanding.
Miyuki's final summer of high school becomes the stage for time travel, altered fate, and an impossible romance.
The transfer student's secret and the truth behind the relationship drive Miyuki's investigation.
Films like Rewrite, and why
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
shares japanese high school romance, emotional time travel, and fate-altering mystery
Your Name.
shares japanese youth romance, timeline disruption, and poignant science fiction sentiment
Be with You
shares speculative romance, separation across time, and wistful emotional mystery
Movie Details
- Director
- Daigo Matsui
- Release Date
- 2025-06-13
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (10)
Cast
- Elaiza Ikeda
- Kei Adachi
- Sayu Kubota
- Yuki Kura
- Ai Hashimoto
- Hikari Ishida
- Toshinori Omi
- Oshirō Maeda
- Kasumi Yamaya
- Reika Oozeki
Common questions
- What is Rewrite about?
- A graduating high-school girl falls for a visitor from three centuries ahead and risks rewriting a fate-bound romance.
- What is Rewrite like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Rewrite as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Rewrite violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Rewrite.
- Which films are like Rewrite?
- Films with a similar feel include The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Your Name., and Be with You.
- How long is Rewrite?
- Rewrite runs 127 minutes.
