Little Forest: Winter/Spring(2015)
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.
Movie: Little Forest: Winter/Spring
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Ichiko
Yuta
Kikko
Shigeyuki
Fukuko
Young Ichiko
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