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April Story
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Wikipedia article
'April Story' is a Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu.
Plot
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.
Cast
*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 Kshir IX as Uzuki's father
*Ichikawa Somegor VII as Uzuki's brother
*Ysuke Eguchi as Oda Nobunaga
*Tatsuya Ishii as Akechi Mitsuhide
Crew
*Director/Writer: Shunji Iwai
*Director of Photography: Noboru Shinoda
*Lighting Director: Yuki Nakamura
*Production Designer: Yuji Tsuzuki
DVD Editions
*Japanese R2 (No English Subtitles)
*Korean R3 (English Subtitles)
*Hong Kong R3 (Japanese dialogue, English / Full Chinese subtitles)
Festivals
*Toronto International Film Festival, 1998
*Pusan International Film Festival, 1998
Awards
*1998 Pusan International Film Festival: Audience Award
References
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