Great movie for Japan-o-philes
I lived in Japan for almost a decade, so I probably enjoy this movie more than those who don't know Japan might. The characters are really true to life (besides being a sysadmin, I taught part time at a girls' high school and I definitely had students like that lol) and I love the Japanese countryside. I've even ridden on a little train like the one they take to deliver the bento lunches. In Gifu, they call it the rail bus.
I was also interested to learn that the actors in the movie took very intensive music lessons and actually played their instruments in the film and even went on a concert tour.
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