April Story

April Story

1998•1h 7m•7.1/10

RomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(121)

In spring, a girl leaves the island of Hokkaido to attend university in Tokyo. Once there, she is asked to reveal why she wanted to go there in the first place.

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Production

Rockwell Eyes

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Takako Matsu

Takako Matsu

Uzuki Nireno

Seiichi Tanabe

Seiichi Tanabe

Yamazaki

Kaori Fujii

Kaori Fujii

Teruko Kitao

Rumi

Saeko Sono

Kazuhiko Kato

Kazuhiko Kato

Kato

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Salaryman

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Father

Noriko Fujima

Mother

Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Matsumoto Kōshirō X

Brother

Kio Matsumoto

Sister

Sansei Shiomi

Sansei Shiomi

Shoji

Hirokazu Umeda

Mover

Akio Shouji

Mover

Katsunari Mineno

Mover

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Fukatsu

Tatsuya Ishii

Tatsuya Ishii

Akechi Mitsuhide

Tsugumi

Uzuki's Junior

Yosuke Eguchi

Yosuke Eguchi

Oda Nobunaga

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