April Story (Japanese: ????) is a Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu.
April Story | |
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Directed by | Shunji Iwai |
Produced by | Hidemi Satani |
Written by | Shunji Iwai |
Starring | Takako Matsu Fujii Kahori Tanabe Seiichi |
Music by | Shunji Iwai |
Distributed by | Rockwell Eyes |
Release date | March 14, 1998 |
Running time | 67 min. |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Screenplay
Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaid?, 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.
- 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 K?shir? IX as Uzuki's father
- Ichikawa Somegor? VII as Uzuki's brother
- Y?suke Eguchi as Oda Nobunaga
- Tatsuya Ishii as Akechi Mitsuhide
- Director/Writer: Shunji Iwai
- Director of Photography: Noboru Shinoda
- Lighting Director: Yuki Nakamura
- Production Designer: Yuji Tsuzuki
- Japanese R2 (No English Subtitles)
- Korean R3 (English Subtitles)
- Hong Kong R3 (Japanese dialogue, English / Full Chinese subtitles)
- Toronto International Film Festival, 1998
- Pusan International Film Festival, 1998
- 1998 Pusan International Film Festival: Audience Award