A Band Rabbit and the Boy
Gakutai no usagi, feature film, musical, drama, Japan, 2013
DIRECTED BY: Suzuki Takuji
CAST:
Kôsei Kawasaki (Katsuhisa Okuda),
Arata Iura (Hisao Okuda),
Sawa Suzuki (Yuriko Okuda),
Yu Tokui (Masaru Uo),
Masaru Miyazaki (Tsutomu Mori)
SCRIPT:
Michiko Ohishi (based on the novel by Kei Nakazawa)
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Yoshihisa Toda
Synopsis:
Shy and introverted Katsuhisa spends as much time as it is necessary in school, and afterwards hurries home. One day he runs into a mysterious rabbit and decides to follow him to the part of the school where a musical band has its practice. Enthralled with all the instruments that he saw, Katsuhisa decides to join the band and from then on stays in school every day to practice.
The actors in the film are partly local children and non-professional actors who passed the audition and spent the entire year practicing and creating their own music.
color, digital, 97 min