is a 2015 Japanese film directed by
Takahiro Miki
is a Japanese film, television and music video director.
Works Films
TV series
*''Dragon Seinendan'' (2012)
*''Irodorihimura'' (2012, episode 4)
Music videos
*"Tomorrow's Way"
*"Life"
*"Tokyo"
*"Rolling Star"
*" Cherry"
*" LOVE & TRUTH (Mo ...
and based on the
manga
Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...
by
Taishi Mori
is a Japanese manga artist.
Works
*'' Kyō no Asuka Show'' (2009-2013), adapted into an anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to an ...
which is itself based on the novel by Eiichi Nakata.
It was released on February 28, 2015.
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Plot
Yuri Kashiwagi, a beautiful and talented pianist suddenly returns to her hometown in Goto Islands
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. She relieves her friend Haruko, who is on maternity leave, as the advisor for the school chorus. The choir aims to take part in NCon, a choir contest organised by Japanese national broadcaster NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestri ...
. However, her arrival attracts many male members to the choir. This creates friction within the previously all-female choir.
Cast
* Yui Aragaki
is a Ryukyuan Japanese actress, model, singer and occasional radio show host. She has been selected several times as the most desired girlfriend and the most desired female celebrity face in Oricon's yearly survey.
Early life
She was born on J ...
as Yuri Kashiwagi
* Fumino Kimura
is a Japanese actress.
Filmography
Film
* ''Kaze no Dadu'' (2006), Ayumi Asano
* ''Adan'' (2006), Adan
* ''Paradise Kiss'' (2011)
* ''Run60'' (2011), Maki
* ''Sukiyaki'' (2011), Shiori Mizushima
* ''Ramo Trip'' (2012), Mari Ijichi
* ''Chips'' ...
as Haruko Matsuyama
* Kenta Kiritani
is a Japanese actor and singer. He was born in Kita-ku, Osaka.
Filmography
Films
TV series
Internet series
Dubbing
*'' The Legend of Tarzan'', Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård (; born August 25, 1976) is ...
as Tetsuo Tsukamoto
* Hikari Ishida
(born May 25, 1972) is a Japanese actress. She starred along with Megumi Odaka and Natsuki Ozawa in the TV-series ''Hana no Asuka-gumi!''. She also released several singles and six albums and she had one minor hit with the song "Emerald no Suna ...
* Tae Kimura
is a Japanese actress. She won the Best Actress award at the 32nd Japan Academy Prize for ''All Around Us''.
Biography
Kimura starred in Ryosuke Hashiguchi's ''All Around Us''. Her performance in the film was described by Jason Gray as "one of ...
* Hisashi Igawa
Hisashi Igawa (井川比佐志 born 17 November 1936) is a Japanese actor who has appeared in such films as Akira Kurosawa's '' Dodesukaden'', ''Ran'' and ''Madadayo''. He starred in Abe Kōbō's production of ''The Man Who Turned Into A Stick'' ...
* Yuri Tsunematsu
* Shota Shimoda
* Wakana Aoi
is a Japanese actress and former singer. In March 2017, she landed the lead role in NHK's 97th Asadora, ''Warotenka'', which aired from October 2017 to March 2018.
Career 2009–2012: Early career
Aoi was scouted in Harajuku, Tokyo, in her fift ...
* Kyoka Shibata
* Mayu Yamaguchi
* Hayato Sano
* Hibiki Muroi
References
External links
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2010s Japanese films
2015 films
Live-action films based on manga
Films based on Japanese novels
Films directed by Takahiro Miki
Films based on adaptations
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