CinemaOSMovie · 2013 · 1h 13m

Song of the Beginning

80%(1)IMDbDramaRomance

Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.

Directed byTomochika Kasaura

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 13m
Language
JA
Released
September 23, 2013
Studios
NHK

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jun Matsumoto

Jun Matsumoto

Wataru

Nana Eikura

Nana Eikura

Natsuka

Naho Toda

Naho Toda

Minami

Nanako Ode

Nanako Ode

young Minami

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Hiroyuki Onoue

Hiroyuki Onoue

Takuya Ishida

Takuya Ishida

Eri Tokunaga

Eri Tokunaga

Saori Yuki

Saori Yuki

Yuuki Yagi

Yuuki Yagi

Creative team
Directed by
Tomochika Kasaura
Written by
Shuuko Arai
Shuuko Arai
Produced by
Katsuhiro Tsuchiya
Iwatani Kanako

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