Masayuki KOJIMA 小島正幸
The Piano Forest
Nippon Kids ¹
After moving to a small town, Shuhei is struggling to make new friends at school. His classmates are teasing the boy who loves nothing more than playing his piano. When they challenge him to play on a hidden piano in the nearby forest, he encounters a boy named Kai, who is the only one capable of playing on the mysterious instrument. THE PIANO FOREST is a compelling story of two friends and their shared love for classical music. The soundtrack was performed by world-famous pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy!
Tue.,
June 09,
2020
—
Sun.,
June 14,
2020
Vimeo on Demand
German dubbed version
FSK 0
Territories: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Coming of age Animation Music
ピアノの森
Piano no mori
Japan 2007
93 minutes
Director
Masayuki KOJIMA
Script
Ryuta HORAI based on a manga by Makoto ISSHIKI
Music
Keisuke SHINOHARA
Character Design
Shigeru FUJITA
Production
"The Piano Forest" Film Partners
Distribution
AV Visionen
Voice acting
Christian Zeiger, Petra Barthel, Alexander Doering, Ghadah Al-Akel
About Masayuki KOJIMA
小島正幸
Masayuki KOJIMA was born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1961. He has been working in the animation industry since the 1980s and was involved in many projects of the famous studio Madhouse, including MASTER KEATON (1998-1999) and MONSTER (2004-2005). THE PIANO FOREST (2007) is his first feature-length theatrical film and has been nominated for the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animation Film in 2008. Since 2011, he has been working for the animation studio Kinema Citrus, where he recently directed the series MADE IN ABYSS (2017-2020).
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