April Story

April Story
Directed by	Shunji Iwai
Produced by	Hidemi Satani
Written by	Shunji Iwai
Starring	Takako Matsu Fujii Kahori Tanabe Seiichi
Music by	Shunji Iwai
Distributed by	Rockwell Eyes
Release date	March 14, 1998
Running time	67 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

April Story (Japanese: 四月物語) is a Japanese short 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: 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

External links

• April Story on IMDb