Mar 14, 1998
67 min
Full-HD

April Story (1998)

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.

Category

Romance Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Rockwell Eyes

Takako Matsu

Uzuki Nireno

Seiichi Tanabe

Yamazaki

Kaori Fujii

Teruko Kitao

Rumi

Saeko Sono

Kazuhiko Kato

Kato

Ken Mitsuishi

Salaryman

Matsumoto Hakuō II

Father

Noriko Fujima

Mother

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