JAPAN, Our Homeland (2007)
Original title: ふるさと-Japan
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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.
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Naoya SekineAkira YanagizawaEri OsonoeYayoi TajimaMaika KawaguchiShizu MiyanagaTetsuya KannamiTeru YoshimuraKurumi HontaKimiyo ArimaSeigo KuwabaraYoshio Kawabata
Hikari YonoFukuko Yanagizawa (mother)Rumi NakamuraFukuko Yanagizawa (sister)Kanon NagashimaReiko Yanagizawa
Takaya HashiGenji Yanagizawa
Sayaka HanamuraRieko SakamotoYasuo IwataPreside IkenoKeywords
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What is JAPAN, Our Homeland about?
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.
How long is JAPAN, Our Homeland?
JAPAN, Our Homeland has a runtime of 97 minutes.