Early Spring Story (1985)

Profile

• Movie: Early Spring Story
• Romaji: Soushun monogatari
• Japanese: 早春物語
• Director: Shinichiro Sawai
• Writer: Jiro Akagawa (novel), Machiko Nasu
• Producer: Haruki Kadokawa, Mitsuru Kurosawa
• Cinematographer: Seizo Sengen
• Release Date: September 14, 1985
• Runtime: 96 min.
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

A university student Hitomi falls in love with a middle-aged man Okawa, who was the lover of her deceased mother. Hitomi’s feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother’s romantic dream…