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The Piano Forest

The Piano Forest

20077.11h 41m

Overview

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.

Directed by Masayuki Kojima
Written by Ryuta Hourai, Makoto Isshiki, Ryuta Horai
Produced by Naoto Fujimura, Tatsuji Yamazaki, Rika Tsurusaki
Box Office0Revenue: $2.0M

Top Cast

Aya Ueto

Aya Ueto

Kai Ichinose (voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Shuhei Amamiya (voice)

Mayuko Fukuda

Mayuko Fukuda

Takako Maruyama (voice)

Chizuru Ikewaki

Chizuru Ikewaki

Reiko Ichinose (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Rica Matsumoto

Daigaku Kanehira (voice)

H

Hiroyuki Amano

Chinpira (voice)

K

Kazuko Kurosawa

Hostess (voice)

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Sousuke Ajino (voice)

Udo Suzuki

Udo Suzuki

Old Man (voice)

J

Junji Takada

Judge (voice)

Themes & Keywords

friendshipclassical musicbased on mangaseinenpianoanimeprodigy

About The Piano Forest

The Piano Forest is a music, animation, drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of friendship, classical music, based on manga, seinen, piano, anime. Directed by Masayuki Kojima, it stars Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda. 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.

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