April Story
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- Movie: April Story
- Romaji: Shigatsu monogatari
- Japanese: 四月物語
- Director: Shunji Iwai
- Writer:' Shunji Iwai
- Producer:
- Release Date: March 14, 1998
- Runtime: 67 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
It is spring. Uzuki Nireno bids goodbye to her family in Hokkaido - in the very north of Japan - and climbs on a train bound for Tokyo to attend the university of her choice. She deals with her new situation with poise and strength. She flirts with the movers, sets up her apartment, buys a new bicycle and admires her view of the cherry blossom-filled yard. Nireno approaches her suspicious neighbour and ultimately befriends her. She is shy at school, not responding to the jocular teasing of the boys in front of her. She is particularly embarrassed when a teacher asks her to explain why she chose this university. A mystery for most of the film - as she gets close to a slack-jawed tomboy and joins the (surreal) fly-fishing club - we finally learn that a floppy-haired young man in her local book store has more to do with her higher education than anyone suspected. A beautifully conceived climax involving broken umbrellas subtly tips her hand.
Cast
- Takako Matsu ... Nireno, Uzuki
- Seiichi Tanabe ... Yamazaki
- Kahori Fujii ... Kitao, Teruko
- Rumi ... Saeko Sono
- Kazuhiko Kato ... Kato
- Ken Mitsuishi ... Salaryman Fu no Otoko
- Yosuke Eguchi ... Oda Nobunaga
- Tatsuya Ishii ... Akechi Mitsuhide
- Masato Ibu ... Saito Toshizo
- Yoshiro Matsumoto ... Father
- Noriko Fujima ... Mother
- Somegoro Ichikawa ... Son
- Kibo Matsumoto ... Daughter
- Sansei Shiomi ... Shoji
- Tsunekazu Umeda ... Removalist
- Jun Matsumoto
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