#april story

[lostinmac]

Cherry Blossoms in Japanese Cinema

1. Our Little Sister (2015)

2. Still Walking (2008)

3. Little Forest: Winter/Spring (2015)

4. Sweet Bean (2015)

5. Dolls (2002)

6. April Story (1998)

7. Close-Knit (2017)

#cherry blossoms #sakura #桜 #film #movie #japan #japanese film #asian cinema #drama #asian film #japanese #cinema #spring #springtime #flowers #blossom #cherry #life #renewal #our little sister #still walking #little forest #sweet bean #dolls #april story #close knit #hirokazu koreeda #takeshi kitano #shunji iwai #naoko ogigami

[orangesinwinter]

🎬 ☔️ April Story (1998)

#april story #april story 1998 #yuki no osama #四月物語 #shunji iwai #japanese movies #asian cinema #move poster #film #film aesthetic #takako matsu #japan #japan aesthetic #happy april~~(again)

[timeless-panda-misanthrope]

April Story (1998)

#april story #cinematography #nihon eiga #shunji iwai

[dare-g]

April Story (1998)

#april story #shunji iwai #takako matsu #seiichi tanabe #kaori jujii #rumi #talks

[sapphireshorelines]

April Story (1998), dir. Shunji Iwai

#film blog #april story #shunji iwai #japanese film #film screenshots

[itcanbefilmed]

April Story (Shunji Iwai, 1998)

#april story #shunji iwai #takako matsu #tokyo

[onceuponastarryeye]

april story (1998), directed by shunji iwai

#april story #shunji iwai #takako matsu #bea talks #bea watches stuff and screenshots them #67 minutes of the sweetest slice of life i've watched AND I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT

[lerayonvert1986]

april story (1998) de shunji iwai

#april story #shunji iwai #film #cap

[cinemaineverywhere20]

📼 April Story/四月物語 (1998) - Shunji Iwai 🇯🇵 (Japón)

#april story #shunji iwai #takako matsu #japanese cinema #asian cinema #japanese actress

[ogradyfilm]

Recently Viewed: April Story

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!]

In the opening scene of Shunji Iwai’s April Story, a college-bound young woman moves from rural Hokkaido to the bustling metropolis of Tokyo. Once she arrives at her new apartment, however, she quickly realizes that it is too small to comfortably accommodate all of the personal belongings that her family shipped over. Thus, amidst a shower of sakura petals, she is forced to carefully sort through the material embodiment of her past, picking and choosing which objects she should carry with her as she transitions into adulthood… and which she should discard.

It’s a clever introduction to the movie’s central conflict. Our protagonist claims to be cheerful by nature, but her timid behavior betrays her shyness and social anxiety. Indeed, she seems to be intimidated by her peers, who are—from her own biased point-of-view, anyway—far more interesting an academically impressive than she is; some of them, for example, participate in sports at a championship level, while others studied abroad, and are therefore fluent in multiple foreign languages. She, on the other hand, barely passed her entrance exams, and only applied to this particular school in order to pursue an older classmate that she secretly admires.

Although her motivations are undeniably immature, Iwai never judges his heroine for her flaws—character development, after all, has to begin somewhere. “Growing up,” he argues, does not necessarily require abandoning one’s previous interests and goals; occasionally, stubbornly clinging to familiar desires can lead to unexpected opportunities and experiences.

Of the three Iwai films screened at Japan Society this weekend, April Story is undoubtedly the most optimistic and gentle. A more cynical viewer, in fact, might criticize it for being excessively sentimental. 

And my rebuttal would be: “What’s wrong with a bit of mushy, inoffensive wholesomeness?”

#April Story #Shunji Iwai #Japan Society #Japanese film #Japanese cinema #film #writing #movie review

[lexosaurus]

Me: Okay, it's time for bed. Tumblr: Wait don't go. You can hit people for free.

#boop #april fools #tumblr #true story

[lostinmac]

April Story (1998)

Dir. Shunji Iwai

#April story #movie #film #Japanese film #slice of life #cinema #asian films #drama #asian cinema #japan #asian film #shunji iwai #90s #college #takako matsu #seiichi tanabe #Kaori Fuji

[fairydrowning]

"Well, let it pass; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice."

– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Short Stories

#now it's officially the month of Kdrama youth of may couple #dark academia #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #romanticism #dark academia quotes #dark academism #light academism #april end #classic literature #literature quotes #literature #f scott fitzgerald #the short stories

[triona-tribblescore]

*cough* ...uhh, wanna go grab some seafood or smthin?

(Yo-Ho-Ho) A Ninjas Life For Me

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#MAYBE NEXT UPDATE WE CAN ACTUALLY START MOVING THE STORY ALONG?? #damn we've been on this bit forever it feels TwT #draxums chill.....sort of...LISTEN JUST TRUST ME GUYS PLEASE- #just let them hold hand dude TwT #a ninjas life for me #anlfm #rottmnt #rottmnt au #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt comic #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #rottmnt april #rottmnt draxum #rottmnt usagi #leosagi #leoichi #usagi yuichi #tribbleart #<3 #THERE IS NO TYPO THERE IS NO TYPO YOU SEE NO TYPO #“remeber”

[calochortus]

Siri by hoe-nir Via Flickr: La legende de temps Blue Magpie head + April Story body

#La legende de temps #lalégendedetemps #LLT #lltdoll #lltbluemagpie #Blue Magpie #snow #winter #bjd #bjdhybrid #doll #April Story #flickr

[redkehlchen]

Donnie deserves some more hugs after season 4! ):

#red does art #tmnt 2003 #donatello tmnt #april o'neil #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #03 turtles my beloved #drew this to take a break from drawing buildings #finally working on my story/OCs again… but man worldbuilding is hard