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The Piano Forest

2007 · 101 min

A gentle, unhurried coming-of-age tale where music becomes a quiet language of friendship and self-discovery.

Directed by: Masayuki Kojima
Genres: Music, Animation, Drama
Starring: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda

Overview: Shuhei Amamiya transfers to Moriwaki Elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child, Kai Ichinose, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano.

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Directed by: Masayuki Kojima
Genres: Music, Animation, Drama
Starring: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
music
identity
coming-of-age
ambition
Places: school
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: music, animation, drama
Directed by: Masayuki Kojima
Written by: Ryuta Hourai
Starring: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mayuko Fukuda, Chizuru Ikewaki, Rica Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Amano, Kazuko Kurosawa, Hiroyuki Miyasako
Music: Keisuke Shinohara
Cinematography: Rumi Ishiguro
Runtime: 101 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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