April Story
1998 Japanese film
- Takako Matsu
- Fujii Kahori
- Tanabe Seiichi
Release date
- March 14, 1998 (1998-03-14)
Running time
April Story (Japanese: 四月物語) is a Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu.
Plot
Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaidō, leaves her family for univerrsity in Tokyo, which she chose in order to follow the local boy she fell in love with. However she fits it unfriendly and is lonely.
Cast
- Takako Matsu as Uzuki Nireno
- Seiichi Tanabe as Yamazaki
- Kahori Fujii as Teruko Kitao
- Kazuhiko Kato as The Man in the Art Gallery
- Go Jibiki
- Matsumoto Kōshirō IX as Uzuki's father
- Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Uzuki's brother
- Yōsuke Eguchi as Oda Nobunaga
- Tatsuya Ishii as Akechi Mitsuhide
Crew
- Director/Writer/Editor/Composer: Shunji Iwai
- Director of Photography: Noboru Shinoda
- Lighting Director: Yuki Nakamura
- Production Designer: Yuji Tsuzuki
DVD Editions
- Japanese R2 (No English Subtitles)
- Korean R3 (English Subtitles)
- Hong Kong R3 (Japanese dialogue, English / Full Chinese subtitles)
Festivals
Awards
- 1998 Pusan International Film Festival: Audience Award
References
External links
- April Story at IMDb
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