Picture of Spring

Picture of Spring

When a bored cafe worker starts learning about erotic prints from a widowed shunga researcher, she gets drawn into a world free of inhibitions.

2023 · 114 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama, Family

Yumiko Haruno works as a waitress at a cafe that has been around for a long time. She spends her days aimlessly and without a dream for her future. On an ordinary day at her job, Yumiko notices middle aged man Ichirou Haga looking intently at shunga (Japanese erotic paintings that were popular during the Edo period). He suddenly talks to her and asks her what shunga is to her. Yumiko becomes interested in the eccentric shunga researcher and he invites her to visit his home to learn more. After his wife passed away, Ichirou has lived a reclusive life and concentrated solely on his study of shunga. Yumiko visits his home and begins to take shunga lessons from him.

Directed by Akihiko Shiota · Written by Akihiko Shiota

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Seiyo Uchino Ichirou Haga
Kana Kita Yumiko Haruno
Tasuku Emoto Shunsuke Tsujimoto
Kazuko Shirakawa Kinuyo Hongo
Yumi Adachi Ichiha Fujimura
Rion Fukumuro Hitomi Ikuta

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