April Story

April Story is a Japanese 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/Editor/Composer: Shunji Iwai Director of Photography: Noboru Shinoda Lighting Director: Yuki Nakamura Production Designer: Yuji Tsuzuki