Kuchibiru ni Uta o (2015)

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Kuchibiru ni Uta o is a 2015 live-action Japanese movie directed by Takahiro Miki and based on a novel by Eiichi Nakata.

The movie was by Angela Aki's hit 2008 song “Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~", which was the chosen set song for NHK's N-Con school choir competition that year. After watching the televised documentary featuring middle schoolers from around the country, Otsuichi wrote a story themed around the competition.

Movie info

Original title: くちびるに歌を
Alternate titles: Kuchibiru ni Uta wo (alternate transliteration)
Release date: February 28, 2015
Directed by: Takahiro Miki
Written by: Yukiko Mochiji (screenplay)
Yuichi Toyone (screenplay)
Otsuichi (novel)
Genres: Drama | Music
Subgenres: Based on novel | Middle school
Distributed by: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Theme song: "Tegami ~Haikei Juugo no Kimi e~" by Angela Aki

Plot

Yuri Kashiwagi is a genius pianist and part-time teacher in Tokyo. When her former colleague Haruko goes on maternity leave, she asks Kashiwagi to take over for her as the choral advisor at a middle school on one of the Goto Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture. When Kashiwagi arrives, her first assignment for her new students is to write a letter to themselves 15 years in the future. The letters they write eventually reveal their secret worries and concerns about reaching adulthood.

Featured Cast

Actor		Role
	Yui Aragaki	Yuri Kashiwagi
	Fumino Kimura	Haruko
	Kenta Kiritani	Tsukamoto
	Yuri Tsunematsu
	Shouta Shimoda
	Wakana Aoi	Chinatsu Sekiya
	Kyoka Shibata
	Mayu Yamaguchi
	Hayato Sano
	Hibiki Muroi
	Daichi Watanabe
	Hidekazu Mashima
	Hikari Ishida
	Tae Kimura
	Shigemitsu Ogi
	Kazue Tsunogae
	Hisashi Igawa

Latest news

Yui Aragaki to star in "Kuchibiru ni Uta o"

Yui Aragaki has been revealed as the lead actress in the live-action adaptation of Kuchibiru ni Uta o.The original novel was written by Otsuichi (under the pseudonym Eiichi Nakata)...

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