JAPAN, Our Homeland

JAPAN, Our Homeland

97 mins | Drama, Animation | April 7, 2007

The 31st year of the Showa Era (1956) marked the tenth year since Japan's defeat in World War II. It was when Japan took its first step out of post-war poverty to rejoin the international community. In old downtown Tokyo, a teacher and her students try to pass down Doyo (Japanese traditional children's songs) as the root of Japanese cultural identity to the future generations.

JAPAN, Our Homeland

97 mins | Drama, Animation | April 7, 2007

JAPAN, Our Homeland
The 31st year of the Showa Era (1956) marked the tenth year since Japan's defeat in World War II. It was when Japan took its first step out of post-war poverty to rejoin the international community. In old downtown Tokyo, a teacher and her students try to pass down Doyo (Japanese traditional children's songs) as the root of Japanese cultural identity to the future generations.
Producers
Original title ふるさと-Japan
Directors Akio Nishizawa
Writers Akio Nishizawa

Cast

Naoya Sekine

as Akira Yanagizawa

Eri Osonoe

as Yayoi Tajima

Maika Kawaguchi

as Shizu Miyanaga

Tetsuya Kannami

as Teru Yoshimura

Kurumi Honta

as Kimiyo Arima

Seigo Kuwabara

as Yoshio Kawabata

Hikari Yono

as Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother)

Rumi Nakamura

as Fukuko Yanagizawa (sister)

Kanon Nagashima

as Reiko Yanagizawa

Takaya Hashi

as Genji Yanagizawa

Sayaka Hanamura

as Rieko Sakamoto

Yasuo Iwata

as Preside Ikeno

Subaru Kimura

as Gonji Abe

Kengo Kumagai

as Hiroshi Sugiura

Sayuri Sadaoka

as Mrs. Shimazu

Youji Ueda

as Mr. Akiyama

Keiko Sonoda

as Mrs. Miyanaga

Eri Saito

as Mrs. Aoki

Masaki Terasoma

as Mr. Takii