April Story

Original title: Shigatsu monogatari

1998
1h 7m

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In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.In spring, a young girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo.

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7.1/10

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- 1 win total

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Trivia
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.

Connections
References Et au milieu coule une rivière (1992)

Soundtracks
Hungarian Dance No. 5
Written by Johannes Brahms

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7/10

exquisite Asia-type love story

the plot is quite simple:a Hokkaido's girl enters a Tokyo's university cause the man she unrequited love with is also in Tokyo. As an Asian,this movie make me reflect lots of my adolescence. there are 2 scenes are my favorites 1:girl with neighbor (the loneliness of the modern citizen) 2:the umbrella-borrow (Nireno is really pure)

PS the film's name which translate 'story about April' in Chinese make me think another film 'pieces of April'also is a great film

all in all if you want to relax for a easy plot movie it's a nice choice

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