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 and gets on a train bound for Tokyo so she can attend the university of her choice; to be near the boy she fell in love with, who moved to Tokyo from her hometown.
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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