River of First Love (雨鱒の川) 20 years old

8-year old boy, Shimpei, 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. Shimpei's childhood sweetheart, Sayuri, is deaf, but somehow they can understand each other and they always spend time together.

Credits

River of First Love Cast

Name Character
Akira Emoto He was 56, now 76 years old as Hidejiro Tasaki
Yuriko Hoshi She was 60, 74 years old when she died as Matsuko Takakura
Haruka Ayase She was 19, now 39 years old as Sayuri Takakura
Hiroshi Abe He was 40, now 60 years old as Shiro Takakura
Ayumi Ito She was 24, now 44 years old as Mika Inoue
Hiroshi Tamaki He was 24, now 44 years old as Sinpei Kato
Shunsuke Matsuoka He was 32, now 52 years old as Kawashima
Mirai Shida She was 11, now 31 years old as Sayuri (teen)
Miki Nakatani She was 28, now 48 years old as Satuki Kato
Daisuke Honda He was 26, now 46 years old
Tadashi Sakata He was 32, now 53 years old
Kenta Suga He was 10, now 30 years old as Sinpei (Teen)

River of First Love Crew

Name Department
Tokushô Kikumura as Director of Photography. Camera
Jun'ichi Kikuchi as Editor. Editing
Hirotoshi Kobayashi as Screenplay. He was 44 (now 64) years old Writing
Itsumichi Isomura as Director. He was 53 (now 74) years old Directing
River of First Love poster
River of First Love (20 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, November 13, 2004
  • Runtime: 113 minutes