Little Forest: Winter/Spring

Farm cook eat to live.

APPROPIATE

2015 / 120min.

Rating7.8

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Junichi Mori

Actors

Karen Kirishima

Yoichi Nukumizu

Mayu Matsuoka

Momone Shinokawa

Ai Hashimoto

Takahiro Miura

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