Here Is a Spring

1955

2h 56m

7.3(3 votes)

Drama

Overview

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.

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25 members

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岸恵子

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岡田英次

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小林桂樹

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三井弘次

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加東大介

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草笛光子

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沢村貞子

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十朱久雄

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東野英治郎

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Yuichi Saito

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Kosaku Yamada

Symphony Orchestra Conductor

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Mayako Muroi

Pianist

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伊沢一郎

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原保美

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千石規子

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増田順司

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近衛敏明

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清村耕次

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多々良純

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Shuji Otaki

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Hidemi Fukuda

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Shoji Nagatake

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富田浩太郎

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浜田光夫

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中村是好

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