--- title: 'Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth (2013)' type: 'film' director: 'Noriaki Akitaya' released: '2013-01-01' runtime_minutes: 91 countries: - 'Japan' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/persona-3-the-movie-1-spring-of-birth-2013' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3198652/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth (2013) 2013 · 91 min · Japan Original title: PERSONA3 THE MOVIE #1 -Spring of Birth- Part of: Persona 3 The Movie ## Synopsis Persona 3 The Movie: #1 Spring of Birth is a 2013 Japanese animated film produced by AIC ASTA and distributed by Aniplex. It is the first installment in a film series adapting the role-playing video game Persona 3, originally developed and published in 2006 by Atlus. Directed by Noriaki Akitaya and written by Jun Kumagai, it derives from Persona 3's main story campaign from the male protagonist's perspective. It stars voice actors Akira Ishida, Megumi Toyoguchi, Kōsuke Toriumi, Rie Tanaka, Hikaru Midorikawa and Mamiko Noto. Set in 2009, the film follows the exploits of transfer student Makoto Yuki who, upon moving to Iwatodai City, discovers the Shadow creatures which feed on human psyche during the Dark Hour midnight phenomenon. After awakening to an ability called the Persona, Makoto finds himself intertwined in the battle against the Shadows with his new schoolmates. ## Credits - **Editor:** [Takashi Sakurai](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-sakurai) - **Director:** [Noriaki Akitaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/noriaki-akitaya) - **Screenplay:** [Jun Kumagai](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-kumagai) - **Original Music Composer:** [Shoji Meguro](https://cinepixo.com/people/shoji-meguro) ## Cast - [Kōsuke Toriumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kosuke-toriumi) - [Megumi Toyoguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-toyoguchi) - [Kazuya Nakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuya-nakai) - [Akira Ishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ishida) - [Rie Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/rie-tanaka) - [Mamiko Noto](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamiko-noto) - [Isamu Tanonaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/isamu-tanonaka) - [Hikaru Midorikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hikaru-midorikawa) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/persona-3-the-movie-1-spring-of-birth-2013 Film facts: Wikidata (Q15041365); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.