Movie

The Forest of Wool and Steel

2018 · 134 min

A quiet, gentle coming-of-age story about craft and vocation, slow and sincere, with a soft sensory pull toward sound and place.

Overview: High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the other tuners and musician clients
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and uplifting. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Coming-of-age, work, identity, art
Content: No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
work
identity
art
healing
Places: small town
workplace
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none