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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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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8/10

A bit of romantic fluff, but very well done fluff!

This small (67 minutes) romantic story breaks no new ground but it is like a piece of candy. Sweet and thoroughly enjoyable while it lasts. I would have liked to see more develop but I think Shunji told the tale he wanted to tell, the loneliness of a girl starting college and how she finds a bit of happiness. The sort of thing high school girls fall in love with.