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Early Spring Story (1985) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1985 · 96 mins · Japanese
- Directed by
- Shinichirô Sawai
- Starring
- Junko Miyashita, Nenji Kobayashi, Mikijiro Hira, Tomoyo Harada, Yuki Saori, Ryūzō Hayashi
Hitomi, a high‑school student, pretends to be a university student and becomes enamored with Okawa, a middle‑aged man who once dated her late mother. As their relationship deepens, Hitomi oscillates between genuine affection and the lingering echo of her mother’s unfulfilled romance, leaving her uncertain whether her feelings are truly her own.
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