Directed by:
Shunji IwaiScreenplay:
Shunji IwaiCinematography:
Noboru ShinodaCast:
Takako Matsu, Seiichi Tanabe, Jun Matsumoto, Kaori Fujii, 塩見三省, Gô Jibiki, Hakuô Matsumoto II, Tatsuya Ishii, Ken Mitsuishi, Kio Matsumoto, Kanji Tsuda (more)Plots(1)
Uzuki Nireno (Takako Matsu), a shy girl from the countryside of northern Hokkaido, is heading to the big city for university. Settling into a new, exciting life, she comes to admit to herself that she might have ulterior motives in determining her choice of university: what if she came to Tokyo chasing a crush? To be near a boy, whom she fell in love with, before he moved away to work at a bookstore? What then? (Fantasia International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Takako Matsu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515859_60b3b4.jpg)
Takako Matsu
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
Confessions (2010)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
![Seiichi Tanabe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/109/164109633_39e510.jpg)
Seiichi Tanabe
Japan
Best movies:
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Half a Confession (2004)
Blues Harp (1998)
![Jun Matsumoto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/539/159539788_68ce81.jpg)
Jun Matsumoto
Japan
Best movies:
Summer of Chirusoku (2003)
April Story (1998)
After the Storm (2016)
Kaori Fujii
Japan
Best movies:
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Tokyo Fist (1995)
April Story (1998)
![塩見三省](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/109/161109424_cc177f.jpg)
塩見三省
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
Love Letter (1995)
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Gô Jibiki
Japan
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)
Hakuô Matsumoto II
Japan
Best movies:
Suzume (2022)
The River Fuefuki (1960)
Insight Into the Universe (2012)
Tatsuya Ishii
Japan
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
![Ken Mitsuishi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/562/164562995_3d9269.jpg)
Ken Mitsuishi
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Love Letter (1995)
Kio Matsumoto
Japan
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
![Kanji Tsuda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/401/166401351_0d987f.jpg)
Kanji Tsuda
Japan
Best movies:
Fireworks (1997)
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Jun'ichi Kubozono
Japan
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Tsugumi
Japan
Best movies:
Canary (2005)
Noriko's Dinner Table (2005)
April Story (1998)
![Yôsuke Eguchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/085/168085764_tc9i1p.jpg)
Yôsuke Eguchi
Japan
Best movies:
Swallowtail & Butterfly (1996)
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends (2014)
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno (2014)
![Masayuki Ibu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/330/167330603_487cd2.jpg)
Masayuki Ibu
Japan
Best movies:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Heaven and Earth (1990)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
Tsunekazu Umeda
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Kae Egawa
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Cure (1997)
Wild Zero (1999)
Yumi Ota
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Noriko Fujima
Best movies:
April Story (1998)
Tadayuki Kawase
Best movies:
April Story (1998)