April Story

April Story

  • Director: Shunji Iwai
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese, English
  • Release date: March 14, 1998
  • Sound mix: DTS-Stereo, DTS
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: 四月物語
  • "April Story" is a 67-minute romance film produced by Japan's Rockwell Eyes. The film , directed by Shunji Iwai , starred Matsu Takako , Tanabe Seiichi , Kanji Tsuda , and Fujima Teru Kaoru , and was released in Japan on March 14, 1998.
    The film tells the story of Uzuki Uzuki, a girl from Hokkaido, who came to Tokyo's Musashino University by herself, her daily life and her feelings of love   . The film won the Audience Award at the 3rd Busan International Film Festival   .

    Details

    • Release date March 14, 1998
    • Filming locations Daigaku dori pedestrian bridge, 4 Higashi, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
    • Production companies Rockwell Eyes

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    • By Ottilie 2022-12-22 21:38:58

      April Story: Prose Poems of Spring

      The leaves on the trees seem to have fallen overnight, so that every time I look up and see the bare branches, it feels unreal, as if this is not where I live. So there was an inexplicable illusion of living elsewhere, and I lost the way back - just as I couldn't tell whether the season I was in was late autumn or early winter.

          I don't like this icy season, cold days always make me despair. In such a gray sky and earth, no matter how much sadness there is, it can only be exiled to...

    • By Sigmund 2022-12-15 04:43:12

      Embracing the unknown warmth - April's youth story

      I said that you are the April sky in the world, the laughter lights up the wind in all directions, and the lightness dances and changes in the brilliance of spring. You are the clouds in the morning sky in April... You are a tree, the flowers of a tree are blooming, and it is the swallow whispering in front of the beam, - you are love, warmth, hope, you are the April sky in the world. ——Lin Huiyin

        
        turned out "April Story" this season, and it was really aimed at the director...

    • By Dion 2022-11-30 19:04:28

      Moment of growth

      I'm about to be my senior year, and when I think about it, I revisit Iwai's "April Story". It seems that I have seen the process of growing up in the past three years.

      I saw Matsu Takako shyly introduce himself in front of the new classmates, and I remembered every time I changed it. We all have to introduce ourselves to foreign teachers. In fact, everyone has almost memorized everyone's place of origin, hobbies, and so on.
      When I saw Matsu Takako eating in the crowded cafeteria,...

    • By Alia 2022-11-26 05:56:50

      weather in april

      The car door slowly closed, and through the transparent car window, only the wriggling lips and waving figures of the relatives could be seen, but the words of parting could not be heard.
              Lightly placed her hand on the window frame, perhaps her heart was no longer parting, but fantasized about reunion.
              In this way, this 17-year-old girl went to Tokyo from Hokkaido to go to university by herself. Maybe growing up is to fly, in order to avoid the protection of parents,...

    • By Brice 2022-11-21 07:18:34

      April Story

      It's April again.
      Every year around this time, I wish for some profound changes in my life.
      "April always arrives suddenly in such an unexpected manner. Eliot wrote in his long poem "April Is the Cruelest Season" that April was the cruelest month,
          cultivating lilacs from the dead land,
          Mixing memories and desires ..."
      Accidentally turned to a diary written three years ago. It felt as if there was only a moment between then and today, and those details seemed to...

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    • By Domenica 2023-09-09 19:54:06

      The month of Mao is April. The green fields of Hokkaido in summer, the cherry blossoms raining in Tokyo in spring, the third year of high school studying hard for someone, a person's incompatibility in the new environment, and using his life's emotional intelligence to attract someone's attention... .. Those moments that seem to be subtle and awkward now are our youth that has been smoothed out by the...

    • By Lydia 2023-09-04 18:40:26

      Is it really not Matsutaka's personal photo video? After watching you can't help smiling, you can't help but feel like the cherry blossoms are scattered and the rain is falling. Hey, I also want to borrow an umbrella from the senior...

    • By Lila 2023-09-01 04:11:39

      I'm not very interested in this type of film, I don't know why the rating is so high, maybe I'm not quiet...

    • By Amelia 2023-08-23 09:14:02

      I usually don't like the slow shots, but I am deeply infected by the beautiful scenery and faint emotions in the film. At the same time, I also fell in love with a simple heroine. At our age, who doesn't expect such love? From then on I fell in love with Shunji...

    • By Lizzie 2023-08-09 00:11:18

      We all look forward to this kind of love, but after living in this world for a long time, we really...

    Movie plot

    Every year in April, when the cherry blossoms are flying, it is the day when Japanese universities start school. After saying goodbye to her parents and family, Uzuki Uzuki ( Matsu Takako ) , a girl from Hokkaido, came to Musashino University in Tokyo alone to start a new life. Unfamiliar cities, new surroundings, and new classmates and neighbors all overwhelmed her. The class organized freshmen to introduce themselves. When asked why...
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    The film is very short, like a delicate and bright piano piece. Shunji Iwai may not be a master, nor is the film profound or innovative. However, he recorded that the girl's thoughts were as astringent as green tea, and she had to taste it three cups to know the taste, and then suddenly, she felt something grabbed her chest   . (Fu Jun commented on "New Express")
    The film is only about an hour long, and the rhythm is slow and the shots...
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