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JAPAN, Our Homeland (2007)

Genre : Animation, Drama

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : Akio Nishizawa
Writer : Akio Nishizawa

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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

Crews

Akio Nishizawa
Akio Nishizawa
Director
Yoku Shioya
Yoku Shioya
Sound Director
Futoshi Higashide
Futoshi Higashide
Animation Director
Akio Nishizawa
Akio Nishizawa
Screenplay
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Character Designer
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Supervising Animation Director

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