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A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village

20077.02h 1m

Overview

When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.

Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita
Written by Aya Watanabe, Fusako Kuramochi
Produced by Shinji Ogawa, Hiroyuki Negishi
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Top Cast

Kaho

Kaho

Soyo Migita

Masaki Okada

Masaki Okada

Hiromi Osawa

Elisa Yanagi

Elisa Yanagi

Ibuki Taura

Shoko Fujimura

Shoko Fujimura

Atsuko Yamabe

Yui Natsukawa

Yui Natsukawa

Itoko Migita

Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato

Kazumasa Migita

Satoru Saito

Satoru Saito

Atsuko's Father

Daisuke Kuroda

Daisuke Kuroda

Matsuda

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Shogo Morishita

Kotaro Migita

R

Rui Honma

Katsuyo Taura

Themes & Keywords

village lifeclassroomvillage schoolrural areateenage girltokyo, japanbased on mangateenage boyfirst lovejapanese junior high schooler

About A Gentle Breeze in the Village

A Gentle Breeze in the Village is a comedy, drama, romance film released in 2007 exploring themes of village life, classroom, village school, rural area, teenage girl, tokyo, japan. Directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, it stars Kaho, Masaki Okada, Elisa Yanagi. When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.

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