Japan Synopsis
リトル・フォレスト 冬・春
“Farm cook eat to live.”
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.
The 2014–2016 Japan Window
581 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Little Forest: Winter/Spring sits at position #128.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Little Forest: Winter/Spring. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shochiku
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Little Forest: Winter/Spring premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #944 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #397 of 1,933 (top 21%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shochiku |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | January 28, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt3474602 |
| Official Site | web.archive.org |