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Here Is a Spring

Here Is a Spring

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Drama

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The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

176 mins

Rating

7.3/10

Release Date

12 February 1955

Country

Japan

Cast

Keiko Kishi

Keiko Kishi

Eiji Okada

Eiji Okada

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Kōji Mitsui

Kōji Mitsui

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Sadako Sawamura

Sadako Sawamura

Hisao Toake

Hisao Toake

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Yuichi Saito

Yuichi Saito

Kosaku Yamada

Kosaku Yamada

Symphony Orchestra Conductor

Mayako Muroi

Mayako Muroi

Pianist

Ichirō Izawa

Ichirō Izawa

Yasumi Hara

Yasumi Hara

Noriko Sengoku

Noriko Sengoku

Junji Masuda

Junji Masuda

Toshiaki Konoe

Toshiaki Konoe

Koji Kiyomura

Koji Kiyomura

Jun Tatara

Jun Tatara

Shuji Otaki

Shuji Otaki

Hidemi Fukuda

Hidemi Fukuda

Shoji Nagatake

Shoji Nagatake

Kotaro Tomita

Kotaro Tomita

Mitsuo Hamada

Mitsuo Hamada

Zeko Nakamura

Zeko Nakamura

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