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Release Date:
October 15, 2009
Original Title:
セジと少年合唱団
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Tokyo University of the Arts
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 71
Working for a textbook publisher, Seiji has lived in Tokyo since his mother moved them there after getting divorced during his childhood while his father remained in the countryside. To open up a new market in the Tohoku area, Seiji goes back to his hometown and meets his father for the first time in 30 years. They start living together with hard feelings and bitterness; however, an encounter with the neighborhood kids makes Seiji open his heart bit by bit, even to his old man. One day Seiji hears about the "Once around the Star Tour" at the elementary school where he is visiting on business. This brings the father and the son close together and draws them back to one memory...
Assistant Director:
Tetsushi Karamitsu
Cinematography:
Yutaka Aoki
Director:
Kanako Jumonji
Editor:
Keiko Okawa
Music:
Yukiko Yoden
Producer:
Yoko Shingai
Production Design:
Hiroshi Koyama
Screenplay:
Kanako Jumonji
Sound:
Masayuki Konishi
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