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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: 122 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 15 votes (sub:13, dub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Excellent: 28 votes (sub:25, dub:1, Kor.sub:1, raw:1)
 Very good: 42 votes (sub:37, raw:2, Rus.dub:1, Spa.sub:1, dub:1)
 Good: 20 votes (sub:18, Ita.sub:1, ?:1)
 Decent: 8 votes (sub:7, 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 179 users, rank: #1880
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.918 (Very good-.08), std. dev.: 1.4575, rank: #573
Weighted mean: 7.824 (Very good-.17), rank: #547 (seen all: 7.82 / seen some: 10.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.800 (Very good-.19), rank: #357
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
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
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


French cast 
French staff 
ADR Director: Jacques Albaret

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

French companies 
Distributor: Kaze

German staff 
(none)
German companies 
Distributor: Anime-Virtual
German cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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