Early Spring Story

"A Japanese high school student passionate with photography discovers love while confronting the past choices of her dead mother."

Cast

Tomoyo Harada

as Hitomi Okino

Ryūzō Hayashi

as Shinji Kajikawa

Kunie Tanaka

as Okino, Hitomi's father

Yuki Saori

as Keiko Otake, Okino's fiancee

Nobuko Sendo

as Asako Maki

Yukako Hayase

as Masako Sawada

Saiko Isshiki

as Mizue

Junko Miyashita

as Junko Matsuura

Risa Akikawa

as Takako Ishihara

Mikijiro Hira

as Takenaka

Kaneko Iwasaki

as Mrs. Takenaka

Nenji Kobayashi

as Coffee shop owner

Miho Takagi

Crew

Joe Hisaishi

Music

Machiko Nasu

Writer

Jirō Akagawa

Novel

Shinichiro Sawai

Director

Haruki Kadokawa

Producer

Mitsuru Kurosawa

Producer

Ryoji Ito

Producer

Seizō Sengen

Director of Photography

Tadayuki Kuwana

Production Design

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound

Mitsuo Watanabe

Lighting Design

Kiyoaki Saitō

Editor