is a 2018 Japanese drama film directed by Kojiro Hashimoto and starring Kento Yamazaki. It is based on the 2016 award-winning Booksellers novel by Natsu Miyashita, which tells the story of high school student Naoki Tomura and his ambition to become a piano tuner. An English translation of Miyashita's novel was released in April 2019.
Plot When in high school, Naoki Tomura watched a piano tuner, Soichiro Itadori, work on the school piano. He could smell the forest from the piano tuning by Soichiro. When he graduated he worked at the music instrument store where Soichiro works.
Cast Kento Yamazaki as Naoki Tomura Tomokazu Miura as Soichiro Itadori Mone Kamishiraishi as Kazune Sakura Moka Kamishiraishi as Yuni Sakura Ryohei Suzuki as Shinji Yanagi Yuu Shirota as Masato Kamijyo Hayato Sano as Masaki Tomura Keiko Horiuchi as Mizuki Kitakawa Ken Mitsuishi as Tadashi Akino Riisa Naka as Eri Hamano Yuki Morinaga as Takashi Minami Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kiyo Tomura
Awards Award Category Nominee Result 42nd Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year Moka Kamishiraishi
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