Those Snow White Notes

Quietly emotional and music-soaked, it lingers on performance and inner ache, rewarding patience with tender, earnest character moments.

Created by

Hiroki Imamura, Naoki Murata

Genres

Animation, Drama

Starring

Nobunaga Shimazaki, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Takako Honda

Overview

Matsugorou Sawamura is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Setsu Sawamura, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Setsu finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachiki Yuna, who works at a club, hooks him up with a gig to play there as a warm up act. Setsu imbues the sound of his shamisen with his many thoughts and feelings he has of others, still searching for his own sound and his own feelings.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, identity, music, coming-of-age

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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