Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Atavisten A girl moves from Hokkaido in the north to attend university in Tokyo. Shigatsu Monogatari shows how difficult this can be in terms of meeting new friends, socialize with the neighbours and a Shunji Iwai topic, love.This is slow moving, some times very real-like. Some times it gets too slow, and at 67 minutes running time that is not too good. I have respect for the director, but what I have seen from him up until now has been not more than promising. It sometimes has the realism of Ozu, but not his actors or visuals. That said, its still a great movie. The sequence with the red umbrella was beautiful.

dark_stars2002 This movie is very short, 1hour , it looks almost like a short.First of all the story is very basic... a girl quits her village to study in Tokyo because of a guy she likes. the movie tries to describe loneliness but its just not deep enough, poor symbolism and poor dialogues. It brings nothing new, the director made a very basic job. The photography is average, nothing new there. The acting is OK but the characters are very basic and not complex so its normal the actors performance is not blazing. However if you don't wanna think and just relax this movie is OK. I recommend Dolls of Takeshi Kitano and Fallen Angels of Wong Kar Wai if you want to see deeper movies, well directed and with an extraordinary photography.

Noclador This is not a movie for everybody. It is very slow-paced and takes a long time to establish its main characters, their behavior and their feelings to each other. The movie observes the first days of a young Japanese girl after she has moved from Hokkaido, the Japanese equivalent of Kansas, to Tokyo to attend University. At first the girl is very insecure and nervous about her new situation, but gradually she becomes more secure and falls in love with a fellow student. That's all the Plot there is, but this movie is not about a big story, it is about a person. Over the course of the movie we feel and share the girls insecurities, loneliness and finally opening up. Seldom has a movie so masterfully and with so much passion for its characters captured the problems of leaving home, being lonely in a unknown mega city and to be for the first time on one's own feet. I can fully recommend this movie for everybody who likes films about life and people, that move at life's speed.

sharptongue To describe this film as gentle is quite an understatement. It is slightly more interesting (and similar to) a home movie of a girl who moves to the city to attend Uni.Meandering, totally lacking in drama or interest. Clearly, I cannot recommend this film.