The Piano Forest

Jul 21, 2007

1h 41m

★ 7.1

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.

Genres

Music

Animation

Drama

Production Companies

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Madhouse

Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)

NAS

Yomiuri Shimbun Company

Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

VAP

Shochiku

ADK

The Piano Forest Trailers

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Cast

Kai Ichinose (voice)

Aya Ueto

Shuhei Amamiya (voice)

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Takako Maruyama (voice)

Mayuko Fukuda

Reiko Ichinose (voice)

Chizuru Ikewaki

Daigaku Kanehira (voice)

Rica Matsumoto

Chinpira (voice)

Hiroyuki Amano

Hostess (voice)

Kazuko Kurosawa

Sousuke Ajino (voice)

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Old Man (voice)

Udo Suzuki

Judge (voice)

Junji Takada

Namie Amamiya (voice)

Atsuko Tanaka

Shiraishi (voice)

Mayumi Tanaka

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