April Story

April Story (四月物語) is a Japanese film directed by Shunji Iwai starring Takako Matsu.

Plot
Uzuki Nireno, a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaidō, 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 Kōshirō IX as Uzuki's father
 * Ichikawa Somegorō VII as Uzuki's brother
 * Yōsuke Eguchi as Oda Nobunaga
 * Tatsuya Ishii as Akechi Mitsuhide

Crew

 * Director/Writer/Editor/Composer: 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