Animation Drama
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.
Directed by
Akio Nishizawa
Takaya Hashi
Genji Yanagizawa (voice)
Eri Saito
Mrs. Aoki (voice)
Yoji Ueda
Mr. Akiyama (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Gonji Abe (voice)
Masaki Terasoma
Mr. Takii (voice)
Yoku Shioya
Sayuri Sadaoka
Mrs. Shimazu (voice)
Hikari Yono
Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother) (voice)
Keiko Sonoda
Mrs. Miyanaga (voice)
Sayaka Hanamura
Rieko Sakamoto (voice)
Naoya Sekine
Akira Yanagizawa (voice)
Eri Osonoe
Yayoi Tajima (voice)
Maika Kawaguchi
Shizu Miyanaga (voice)
Tetsuya Kannami
Teru Yoshimura (voice)
Kurumi Honta
Kimiyo Arima (voice)
Seigo Kuwabara
Yoshio Kawabata (voice)
Kanon Nagashima
Reiko Yanagizawa (voice)
Yasuo Iwata
Preside Ikeno (voice)
Kengo Kumagai
Hiroshi Sugiura (voice)

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