Song of the Beginning
2013•1h 13m•8.0•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Tomochika Kasaura
Writer
Shuuko Arai
Languages
Japanese
Studio
NHK
Cast
Jun Matsumoto
Wataru
Nana Eikura
Natsuka
Naho Toda
Minami
Nanako Ode
young Minami
Jun Kunimura
Hiroyuki Onoue
Takuya Ishida
Eri Tokunaga
Saori Yuki
Yuuki Yagi
Umeda Nozomu
Sawabe Yuki
Production
Company
NHK
Producer
Katsuhiro Tsuchiya
Producer
Iwatani Kanako
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