Our Symphony

Our Symphony

1979 · 112 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, Music

One summer day, Tokujiro, who works at an ironworks in the industrial area of Kawasaki, joins a choir group in order to seduce the girls who have come to Kawasaki to sing Beethoven's Ninth . Aiming for the performance in December, Tokujiro undergoes several setbacks through rigorous training and training camps, but before he knows it, he and his troupe members are working hard to make the performance a success.

Directed by Yoshitaka Asama · Written by Masao Kajiura

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Tetsuya Takeda Tokujiro Nitta
Chikako Yuri Kyoko Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Nagashima Tamotsu Kikuchi
Aiko Morishita Yumiko Sakuma
Yasuo Tanabe Yoshito Endo
Yuki Horn Toshiko Hashimoto
Tatsuhiro Ito Yasuo Sato
Mari Okamoto Fumie Nomura
Mami Kumagai Setsuko Konno
Tokie Hidari Nurse
Hatsuo Yamaya Factory manager
Kei Yamamoto Katsuhiko Shibuya

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