

The Little Maestro
Overview
This movie tell a story that set in a small fishing village in Shikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture. People in this village depend on the local amateur orchestra as their favorite source of entertainment. When the conductor dies unexpectedly, the townspeople recruit the man’s granddaughter, a high school student with a talent for conducting.
Top Cast

Kasumi Arimura
Misaki Yoshikawa

Yumiko Shaku
Midori Mimura

Keizo Kanie
Genji Arasawa

Mariko Tsutsui
Youko Isaka

Eisuke Sasai
Iwao Ono

Taiko Katono
Masaya Ono

Matsu
Masaru Arasawa

Gin Maeda
Tatsuji Minatogawa
Michiyoshi Inoue
Maestro Orfenstein

Hisahiro Ogura
Hiroshi Taniguchi
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About The Little Maestro
The Little Maestro is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of conductor, orchestra. Directed by Toshirô Saiga, it stars Kasumi Arimura, Yumiko Shaku, Keizo Kanie. This movie tell a story that set in a small fishing village in Shikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture. People in this village depend on the local amateur orchestra as their favorite source of entertainment. When the conductor dies unexpectedly, the townspeople recruit the man’s granddaughter, a high school student with a talent for conducting.
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