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JAPAN, Our Homeland
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JAPAN, Our Homeland

2007-04-07 · 97 min · ★ 4.9

Animation · Drama

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.

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Directors
Akio Nishizawa
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Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Naoya SekineAkira Yanagizawa (voice)
Subaru KimuraSubaru KimuraGonji Abe (voice)
Maika KawaguchiShizu Miyanaga (voice)
Sayaka HanamuraSayaka HanamuraRieko Sakamoto (voice)
Eri OsonoeYayoi Tajima (voice)
Tetsuya KannamiTeru Yoshimura (voice)
Kurumi HontaKimiyo Arima (voice)
Seigo KuwabaraYoshio Kawabata (voice)
Hikari YonoHikari YonoFukuko Yanagizawa (mother) (voice)
Kanon NagashimaReiko Yanagizawa (voice)
Takaya HashiTakaya HashiGenji Yanagizawa (voice)
Yasuo IwataPreside Ikeno (voice)
Kengo KumagaiHiroshi Sugiura (voice)
Sayuri SadaokaSayuri SadaokaMrs. Shimazu (voice)
Yoji UedaYoji UedaMr. Akiyama (voice)
Keiko SonodaKeiko SonodaMrs. Miyanaga (voice)
Eri SaitoEri SaitoMrs. Aoki (voice)
Masaki TerasomaMasaki TerasomaMr. Takii (voice)

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