The Piano Forest (2007)
Piano no mori
101 min
Shuhei Amamiya transfers to Moriwaki Elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child, Kai Ichinose, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano.
- Release date
- July 21, 2007
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Box office
- $2,014,665
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Cast
- Aya Ueto as Kai Ichinose
- Ryûnosuke Kamiki as Shuhei Amamiya
- Mayuko Fukuda as Takako Maruyama
- Chizuru Ikewaki as Reiko Ichinose
- Rica Matsumoto as Daigaku Kanehira (voice)
- Hiroyuki Amano as Chinpira (voice)
- Kazuko Kurosawa as Hostess (voice)
- Hiroyuki Miyasako as Sousuke Ajino (voice)
- Udo Suzuki as Old Man (voice)
- Junji Takada as Judge (voice)
- Atsuko Tanaka as Namie Amamiya (voice)
- Mayumi Tanaka as Shiraishi (voice)
Crew
- Masayuki Kojima · Director
- Makoto Isshiki · Writer
- Ryûta Hôrai · Writer
- Keisuke Shinohara · Composer
- Rumi Ishiguro · Cinematographer
- Yoshihiro Kasahara · Editor