Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

Aug 30, 2014

1h 51m

★ 7.7

Live off the land and recharge.

Overview

Fleeing heartbreak in the big city, Ichiko returns to Komori, her rural hometown. She battles summer's rain and humidity, bakes her own bread, grows hothouse tomatoes and tills the fields. During autumn, the time for pickling and preserving fish and sweet potatoes, Ichiko begins reaping rice and recalls her departure five years before.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Little Forest: Summer/Autumn Trailers

Cast

Ichiko

Ai Hashimoto

Yuta

Takahiro Miura

Kikko

Mayu Matsuoka

Shigeyuki

Yoichi Nukumizu

Fukuko

Karen Kirishima

Young Ichiko

Momone Shinokawa

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Little Forest: Summer/Autumn

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Little Forest: Summer/Autumn Trailers