Prodigy

Prodigy

2007 · 120 min · ★ 7.4 · Romance, Drama, Music

Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from her life at a young age. Because of her father's disappearance Uta's mother had to move out of their posh home and into a far modest working class neighborhood. In this working class neighborhood there is a local grocer. The grocer's son Kikuna Oto happens to be a budding musician, but lacks the drive to truly succeed. That is until Uta Naruse comes into his life...

Directed by Koji Hagiuda · Written by Kosuke Mukai

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Riko Narumi Uta Naruse
Kenichi Matsuyama Oto Kikuna
Satomi Tezuka Mika Naruse
Masahiro Komoto Kazuo Nagazaki
Hidetoshi Nishijima Koichiro Naruse
Shihori Kanjiya Kane Kamogawa
Kazuyoshi Kushida Professor Mikoshiba
Kazuyuki Asano Professor Komiyama
Midoriko Kimura Masako Kikuna
Keita Okada Susumu Ikeyama
Kazuya Sato Morimoto
Tamae Ando Kikuko Mishima

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