Song of the Beginning

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 23, 2013

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

NHK

Cast

Umeda Nozomu,Nanako Ode,Eri Tokunaga,Nana Eikura,Takuya Ishida,Yuki Saori,Yuuki Yagi,Hiroyuki Onoue,Jun Kunimura,Naho Todaand 1 more

Director

Tomochika Kasaura

Writer

Shuuko Arai

Producer

Tsuchiya Katsuhiro,Iwatani Kanako

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt3206164