A Chorus of Angels (2012)

Profile

• Movie: A Chorus of Angels (English title) / The Northern Canaries (early working title)
• Romaji: Kita no Kanariatachi
• Japanese: 北のカナリアたち
• Director: Junji Sakamoto
• Writer: Kanae Minato (novel), Machiko Nasu
• Producer: Tatsuya Kunimatsu, Tsugio Hattori
• Cinematographer: Daisaku Kimura
• Release Date: November 3, 2012
• Runtime: 122 min.
• Genre: Mystery / Suspense-Thriller / Award Winning
• Distributor: Toei
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan
• Encoder: SEC-PDJ
• Subtitle: English

Plot

20 years ago, an elementary school student falls on an island in the northern tip of Hokkaido. A teacher and 6 students makes contact through songs. What happened to the studen who fell? The teacher returns 20 years later to meet with her former students.

Notes

1. Based on Kanae Minato’s short story “Nijunengo no Shukudai,” from Kanae Minato’s “Oufuku Shokan” (September 21, 2010 – published by Gentosha) .
2. “Kita no Kanariatachi” will be made to celebrate movie company Toei’s 60th anniversary.[1]
3. For the climax scene in “The Northern Canaries” filming took place on Rebun Island on January 12th-13th. Sayuri Yoshinaga, Mirai Moriyama, Hikari Mitsushima, Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Eiko Koike, & Ryuhei Matsuda took part in the filming.

Cast

Additional Cast Members:

• Mayu Harada
• Hiroaki Ogasawara – Nobuto Suzuki (young)
• Maho Watanabe – Manami Toda (young)
• Hidaka Sagara – Naoki Ikushima (young)
• Shion Iida – Yuka Ando (young)
• Sumine Sato – Manae Fujimoto (young)
• Ginga Kikuchi – Isamu Matsuda (young)

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