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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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- TriviaIn 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.
- ConnectionsReferences A River Runs Through It (1992)
- SoundtracksHungarian Dance No. 5
Written by Johannes Brahms
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A beautiful story
"Shigatsu monogatari" (aka April Story), is one of those rare films which concentrates deeply on the feelings and personality of a character. Takako Matsu displays brilliant acting as Uzuki Mireno, a university student who experiences life on her own. The film shows the ups and downs of Takako's life at university. Despite the fact that I am an action fan and that the movie has a "strange" ending, this film did not fail to please and entertain me. I highly recommend this film for people into quiet, beautiful and emotional films.
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- Sep 2, 1999
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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