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.
Cast
Naoya Sekine
Akira Yanagizawa
Eri Osonoe
Yayoi Tajima
Maika Kawaguchi
Shizu Miyanaga
Tetsuya Kannami
Teru Yoshimura
Kurumi Honta
Kimiyo Arima
Seigo Kuwabara
Yoshio Kawabata
Hikari Yono
Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother)
Kanon Nagashima
Reiko Yanagizawa
Takaya Hashi
Genji Yanagizawa
Sayaka Hanamura
Rieko Sakamoto
Yasuo Iwata
Preside Ikeno
Subaru Kimura
Gonji Abe
Kengo Kumagai
Hiroshi Sugiura
Sayuri Sadaoka
Mrs. Shimazu
Yoji Ueda
Mr. Akiyama
Keiko Sonoda
Mrs. Miyanaga
Eri Saito
Mrs. Aoki
Masaki Terasoma
Mr. Takii
Crew
Akio Nishizawa
Director, Screenplay
Tadahiro Murakami
Executive Producer
Makoto Yoshizaki
Animation Director
Takeshi Ito
Animation Director, Key Animation
Hiroaki Noguchi
Animation Director
Satoshi Hirayama
Animation Director
Masaya Yasutome
Animation Director, Key Animation
Futoshi Higashide
Animation Director
Keiko Nakaji
Key Animation
Michio Sato
Key Animation
Shojuro Yamauchi
Key Animation
Kuniyuki Ishii
Key Animation
Hajime Matsuzaki
Key Animation
Emi Watanabe
Key Animation
Yoshinobu Michihata
Key Animation
Mineko Ueda
Key Animation
Asami Miyazaki
Key Animation
Takuya Kawai
Key Animation
Hiroshi Konno
Key Animation
Noriko Takiyama
Key Animation
Kozo Masanobu
Key Animation
Kinichirou Suzuki
Key Animation
Toshiharu Sugie
Key Animation
Shinobu Mori
Key Animation
Shigenobu Nagasaki
Key Animation
Toshiki Yoshida
Key Animation
Miyuki Goto
Key Animation
Hideo Amemiya
Key Animation
Sawako Miyamoto
Key Animation
Kōichirō Kawano
Key Animation
Jun Shibata
Key Animation
Ikko Kobayashi
Key Animation
Jouji Yanase
Key Animation
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Supervising Animation Director, Character Designer
Yoku Shioya
Sound Director
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