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Ritoru foresuto: Natsu/Aki

Ritoru foresuto: Natsu/Aki

2014Movie⏱️ 1h 51m
Drama
7.6
IMDB Rating
3,946 votes

Ichiko returns to her rural hometown, reconnects with nature, and cooks with summer and autumn harvests while adjusting to country life.

Director
Jun'ichi Mori
Writers
Daisuke Igarashi, Jun'ichi Mori
Stars
Ai Hashimoto, Mayu Matsuoka, Yôichi Nukumizu
Release Date
August 30, 2014
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
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Nominations
💬 10
Reviews
📋 7.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Ai Hashimoto
Ai Hashimoto
as Ichiko
Mayu Matsuoka
Mayu Matsuoka
as Kikko
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Yôichi Nukumizu
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Karen Kirishima
Takahiro Miura
Takahiro Miura

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.78 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Ohshu, Iwate, Japan
Production
Active Cine Club (ACC) K.K., Dentsu, GyaO!

🏷️ Keywords

live action manga adaptationjapanese womanfemale farmerfemale protagonistjapanese food

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDrama

⭐ Featured Review

Summer / Autumn
by M0n0_bogdan2023-03-30
8/10

"Basically I made a mistake haha. I wanted to see Little Forest (2018) but got this one instead, without much checking....oh well. Only after 40 minutes it felt off. Until then (and after) it felt like a treat. It felt like a movie about symbiosis, about our connection to the earth and nature, it felt obvious, comfortable, chill. Then I would have compared it with how Romania does agriculture. It doesn't feel the same. In Japan it seems like a more philosophical approach, much more profound. For us, it feels more like survival...either that or something was lost along the way. There is s..."

💡 Did You Know?

Based on popular manga series "Little Forest" written & illustrated by Daisuke Igarashi (published in Monthly Afternoon from December, 2002 - July, 2005).

📖 Synopsis

Ichiko returns to her rural hometown, reconnects with nature, and cooks with summer and autumn harvests while adjusting to country life.