Details
- Title: 雨鱒の川 ファースト・ラブ
- Title (Romaji): Amemasu no Kawa
- Also known as: River of First Love
- Release date: 2004
- Official website: amemasu
- Director: Itsumichi Isomura
- Music contributor: Hakase Taro
It is based on the novel by Kenichi Kawakami, winner of various awards (the 28th Modern Novel Newcomer Award with "Tobe, Jo! B.B no tamashi ga miteru zo", 17th Joji Tsubota Literature Award for "Tsubasa ha itsumademo"), set in Hokkaido, a pure first love with all its hardships is depicted.
8-year old boy, Shinpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, on her own. Shinpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but somehow they can understand each other and they always spend time together.
One day, big news comes to their town: Shinpei's picture received the Grand Prize in a Children's Pictures Exhibition in Paris. On the night that Sayuri's father, Takakura, holds a celebration party for Shinpei, Satsuki leaves her son in Takakura's care and goes out of the house. Feeling uneasy, Shinpei goes to look for her but finds his mother dead, lying calmly and peacefully in the beautiful, white snow…~chanomafilmfestival
Cast
8-year old boy, Shinpei, who loves fishing and painting, lives with his beautiful mother, surrounded by nature. His mother, Satsuki, has a weak constitution and lost her husband years ago. She takes care of her son lovingly but sometimes strictly, on her own. Shinpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but somehow they can understand each other and they always spend time together.
One day, big news comes to their town: Shinpei's picture received the Grand Prize in a Children's Pictures Exhibition in Paris. On the night that Sayuri's father, Takakura, holds a celebration party for Shinpei, Satsuki leaves her son in Takakura's care and goes out of the house. Feeling uneasy, Shinpei goes to look for her but finds his mother dead, lying calmly and peacefully in the beautiful, white snow…~chanomafilmfestival
Cast
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Shinpei Kato
- Ayase Haruka as Sayuri Takakura
- Matsuoka Shunsuke as Kawashima
- Abe Hiroshi as Shiro Takakura
- Nakatani Miki as Satuki Kato
- Emoto Akira as Hidejiro Tasaki
- Ito Ayumi as Mika Inoue
- Hoshi Yuriko as Matsuko Takakura
- Shida Mirai as Sayuri adolescent
- Suga Kenta as Sinpei adolescent
Watch online (Eng subs by kloofy) at crunchyroll
Personal Review:
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