title: April Story
text: # April Story
  
  April Story (Japanese: 四月物語) 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
  
  ## DVD Editions
  
  * Japanese R2 (No English Subtitles)
  * Korean R3 (English Subtitles)
  * Hong Kong R3 (Japanese dialogue, English / Full Chinese subtitles)
  
  ## Festivals
  
  * Toronto International Film Festival, 1998
  * Pusan International Film Festival, 1998
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1998 Pusan International Film Festival: Audience Award
  