April Story
Original title: Shigatsu monogatari
DramaRomance
⭐ 7.1 / 10(4,847)
In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Released
- 1998
- Country
- Japan
Details
Release year: 1998
Storyline
In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.
Top credits
Directors
Writers
Cast
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Takako Matsu — Uzuki Nireno
Seiichi Tanabe — Yamazaki- Kazuhiko Kato — Katô
- Kaori Fujii — Teruko Kitao
Did you know
• In the opening scene, the family who are seeing off Takako Matsu's character are the actress' real family. They include her father Kôshirô Matsumoto, a film and kabuki actor; mother Noriko Fujima, a former actress; brother Somegorô Ichikawa VII, a kabuki actor and her elder sister Kio Matsumoto.
• The first Japanese full-length feature film to use the new digital surround sound format, DTS.
User reviews
⭐ 7/10
exquisite Asia-type love story
👍 11 · 3/23/2006
⭐ 8/10
Young love, idealism, and hope. Simply beautiful.
👍 11 · 6/21/2010
⭐ 8/10
Little gem
👍 7 · 12/30/2014
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS-Stereo, DTS
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
