Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Jan 28, 2015

2h 0m

★ 7.8

Farm cook eat to live.

Overview

Ichiko bakes a cake for an end-of-year party with her friends. In the depths of winter, making mochi and curry keeps the people of Komori warm. Later, spring brings thoughts of her absent mother as well as rice planting and sakura, and she begins to think of leaving Komori behind again.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku

Robot Communications

dentsu

GYAO

Kodansha

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Active Cine Club

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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: Winter/Spring

Overview

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