Jazz G Men

Jazz G Men

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 2011

In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.

Jazz G Men

92 mins | Drama | Oct. 29, 2011

Jazz G Men
In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.
Producers
Original title JAZZ爺MEN
Directors Yui Miyatake
Writers Yui Miyatake

Cast

Jun Inoue

as Sosuke Goto

Sabu Kawahara

as Iwao Nakano

Koichi Ueda

as Tamasaburo Hanayama

Matsumi Fuku

as Toyoko Okazaki

Tomomi Miyashita

as Hitomi Sakurai

Yuu Tokui

as Nobuhiko Sasagawa

Ryôsuke Kawamura

as Jiro Hanayama

Kanna Mizuno

as Kayo Kurai

Erika Mayuzumi

as Maho Goto

Toshiya Sakai

as Yoshio Kawamoto

Mayumi Oka

as Asako Goto

Shogo Shimizu

as Kenzo Nozute