Before The Coffee Gets Cold vs. Café Funiculi Funicula

Is there a movie adaptation of the book Before The Coffee Gets Cold? The answer is YES. There is a movie adaptation of the book Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi. The movie is called Café Funiculi Funicula which is the name of the café in the book and the movie is directed by Ayuko Tsukahara.

before the coffee gets cold vs cafe funiculi funicula

The movie Café Funiculi Funicula has the same mysterious yet warm café vibes as the book. Like the book Before the Coffee Gets Cold, it offers four mini-stories for us to enjoy. And if you have read the book, then you surely know what those stories are. What I find weird is that there are stories in the book that make me cry but did not in the movie, and there are stories in the movie that make me bawl but did not in the book.

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Before The Coffee Gets Cold vs Café Funiculi Funicula

There are always changes in book-to-movie adaptations. These are mostly made to add a different taste to the movie or to enhance the storytelling. This is true for Café Funiculi Funicula, but I did not find the changes deviating from the real story. They even add to the emotional and magical aspects of the story.

Number	Café Rules from Books	Café Rules from Movie
1	The only people you can meet in the past are those who have visited the café	You can only travel back to a point in time at which you were at the cafe
2	There is nothing you can do in the past that will change the future	You cannot change the past
3	Only one particular seat is able to transport you and you have to wait until its vacated	Only one seat is able to transport you and you have to wait until its unoccupied
4	While in the Past You cannot leave the seat and never move from it	You cannot leave the cafe
5	Your journey begins when the cofee is poured and must be back before the coffee gets cold	Your journey begins when the cofee is poured and must be back before the coffee gets cold

Number	Mini Stories from the Book	Mini Stories from the Movie
1	A girfriend who wanted to confront the man who left her.	A lady who wants to confess her love to her friend who is leaving for the USA
2	A wife who wanted to receive a letter from her husband whose memory has been taken by early-onset Alzheimer’s	A husband who wanted to receive a letter from his wife whose memory has been taken by Alzheimer’s
3	An elder sister who wanted to see her younger sister one last time	An elder sister who wanted to warn her younger sister of what lies ahead
4	A mother who wanted to meet the daughter she never got the chance to know.	A daughter who wanted to meet her mother.

The Movie Characters and Actors Playing the Role in Café Funiculi Funicula

Number	Movie Characters	Actors Playing the Character
	Kazu Tokita	Kasumi Arimura
5	Nagare Tokita	Motoki Fukami
2	Fumiko Kiyokawa	Haru
3	Goro Katada	Kento Hayashi
4	Kumi Hirai	Wakana Matsumoto
5	Yaeko Hirai(as Yô Yoshida)	Yoh Yoshida
6	Yasunori Fusaki	Yutaka Matsushige
7	Kayo Takatake	Hiroko Yakushimaru
		Yuriko Ishida

Recently, I learned to enjoy movie adaptations separately from the books as long as the important details and characters of the story are present. What I love about movie adaptations is that I can vividly add faces to the characters, especially since there are more sequels to Before The Coffee Gets Cold.