A Gentle Breeze in the Village

Aug 4, 2007

2h 1m

★ 6.9

Overview

When eighth-grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and honest Soyo becomes enthralled with his sophisticated world.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Kansai Television

Shueisha

Sumitomo Corporation

Music On!

Picnic

Asmik Ace Entertainment

A Gentle Breeze in the Village Trailers

Cast

Soyo Migita

Kaho

Hiromi Osawa

Masaki Okada

Ibuki Taura

Elisa Yanagi

Atsuko Yamabe

Shoko Fujimura

Itoko Migita

Yui Natsukawa

Kazumasa Migita

Koichi Sato

Atsuko's Father

Satoru Saito

Matsuda

Daisuke Kuroda

Kotaro Migita

Shogo Morishita

Katsuyo Taura

Rui Honma

Sachiko Taura

Saya Miyazawa

Shige

Hiromasa Hirosue

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Cast

Soyo Migita