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The Piano Forest (movie)

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[ adapted from Piano no Mori (manga) ]

Alternative title:
Piano no Mori (Japanese)
The Perfect World of Kai
ピアノの森 (Japanese)
琴之森 (Chinese (Taiwan))
피아노의 숲 (Korean)
Genres: drama, tournament
Themes: music, piano
Plot Summary: Amamiya Shu transfers to Moriwaki elementary filled with hope and ambition. But it doesn't take long before he gets picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest. Igniting his meeting with an equally enigmatic child that goes by the name of Ichinose Kai, who seems to be the only one capable getting sound out of the thought to be broken piano.
User Ratings: 114 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 26 votes (sub:24, dub:1, Kor.sub:1)
 Very good: 41 votes (sub:36, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, dub:1, Rus.dub:1)
 Good: 17 votes (sub:15, Ita.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 6 votes (sub:5, Ger.sub:1)
 So-so: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Not really good: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Weak: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 167 users, rank: #1894
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.956 (Very good-.04), std. dev.: 1.4713, rank: #495
Weighted mean: 7.881 (Very good-.11), rank: #451 (seen all: 7.87 / seen some: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.851 (Very good-.14), rank: #314
Running time: 101 minutes
Vintage: 2007-07
Premiere date:
2007-07-21 (Japan)
2008-01-19 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
Releases: We have 1
Ending Theme:
"Moonshine~Tsukiakari~" by Nao Matsushita
Official website:
ピアノの森 (Japanese)
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Japanese staff 
Japanese companies 

Director: Masayuki Kojima

Screenplay: Ryuta Hourai

Music: Keisuke Shinohara

Original creator: Makoto Isshiki

Theme Song Composition: Toshiaki Matsumoto

Theme Song Lyrics: Kiyoshi Matsuo

Theme Song Performance: Nao Matsushita

 

Animation Cooperation: Telecom Animation Film

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Backgrounds Cooperation: Anime Workshop Basara

Distributor: Shochiku Film

Production:
NAS
Piano Forest Production Committee

Production Committee:
Asatsu DK
Madhouse Studios
NTV
Shochiku Film
Sony Music Entertainment
The Yomiuri Shimbun
VAP
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation

Sound Production: Jinnan Studio

Japanese cast 

Aya Ueto as Ichinose Kai

Ryunosuke Kamiki as Shuuhei Amamiya

Chizuru Ikewaki as Reiko Ichinose

Hiroyuki Miyasako as Sousuke Ajino

Mayuko Fukuda as Takako Maruyama

Atsuko Tanaka as Namie Amamiya

Hiroyuki Amano as Chinpira

Junji Takada as Judge

Kazuko Kurosawa as Hostess

Mayumi Tanaka as Shiraishi

Rica Matsumoto as Daigaku Kanehira

Udo Suzuki as Old man

Motoko Kumai


French cast 
French staff 

ADR Director: Jacques Albaret

Adaptation:
Eric Lajoie
Julien Delaneuville

Nathalie Bienaime as Kai Ichinose

Susan Sindberg as Shûhei Amamiya

Francoise Escobar as Takako Maruyama

Jochen Haegele as Sôsuke Ajino

Marie Diot as Reiko Ichinose

François Creton as Kinpira

Frederic Popovic as Le fantôme

Gwenäelle Julien as La maîtresse

Isabelle Volpe as Namie Amamiya

Fabrice Lelyon

Jacques Albaret

French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing: Les studios de Saint Maur


German staff 
(none)
German companies 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

German cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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