JAPAN, Our Homeland (2007)

04/07/2007 (JP) • 1h 37m

Animation, Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Naoya Sekine

Akira Yanagizawa

Eri Osonoe

Yayoi Tajima

Maika Kawaguchi

Shizu Miyanaga

Tetsuya Kannami

Teru Yoshimura

Kurumi Honta

Kimiyo Arima

Seigo Kuwabara

Yoshio Kawabata

Hikari Yono

Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother)

Kanon Nagashima

Reiko Yanagizawa

Takaya Hashi

Genji Yanagizawa


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

anime

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