The Little Maestro

Feb 1, 2013

1h 48m

★ 6.3

Overview

This movie tell a story that set in a small fishing village in Shikamachi, Ishikawa Prefecture. People in this village depend on the local amateur orchestra as their favorite source of entertainment. When the conductor dies unexpectedly, the townspeople recruit the man’s granddaughter, a high school student with a talent for conducting.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

ARGO PICTURES

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Cast

Misaki Yoshikawa

Kasumi Arimura

Midori Mimura

Yumiko Shaku

Genji Arasawa

Keizo Kanie

Youko Isaka

Mariko Tsutsui

Iwao Ono

Eisuke Sasai

Masaya Ono

Taiko Katono

Masaru Arasawa

Matsu

Tatsuji Minatogawa

Gin Maeda

Maestro Orfenstein

Michiyoshi Inoue

Hiroshi Taniguchi

Hisahiro Ogura

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