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Cast
Naoya Sekine
as Akira Yanagizawa (voice)
Subaru Kimura
as Gonji Abe (voice)
Maika Kawaguchi
as Shizu Miyanaga (voice)
Sayaka Hanamura
as Rieko Sakamoto (voice)
Eri Osonoe
as Yayoi Tajima (voice)
Tetsuya Kannami
as Teru Yoshimura (voice)
Kurumi Honta
as Kimiyo Arima (voice)
Seigo Kuwabara
as Yoshio Kawabata (voice)
Hikari Yono
as Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother) (voice)
Kanon Nagashima
as Reiko Yanagizawa (voice)
Movie Info & Details
Release Year2007
Runtime1h 37m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
GenresAnimation, Drama
Votes7
DirectorAkio Nishizawa
WritersAkio Nishizawa
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.9 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsJAPAN, Our Homeland
About JAPAN, Our Homeland
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.
Directed by Akio Nishizawa, JAPAN, Our Homeland leans on a strong ensemble — Naoya Sekine, Subaru Kimura, Maika Kawaguchi — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about animation titles of 2007.
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