Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest

"New generation, start!"

2023 0h 58m JA

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 22

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Synopsis

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Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest, and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate. Kumiko tries her best to make it to the preliminaries without incident, but the concert band club is so large that there seems to be no end to the problems. And as club leader, she finds herself busy consulting on all sorts of matters. While the other members are deciding on their teams, Kumiko herself hasn't even decided which she will join...

“New generation, start!”

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Cast

Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Chika Anzai
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Moe Toyota
Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Ayaka Ohashi
Tsubame Kamaya (voice)
Haruki Ishiya
Shuuichi Tsukamoto (voice)
Conomi Fujimura
Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Yuri Yamaoka
Yuuko Yoshikawa (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
Writers: Jukki Hanada, Tatsuya Ishihara, Taichi Ogawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Sound! Euphonium Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, shot by Kazuya Takao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Akito Matsuda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Tomoyo Kurosawa and Chika Anzai and Moe Toyota carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "New generation, start!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tatsuya Ishihara directs. Kazuya Takao behind the camera. Akito Matsuda scores. Kengo Shigemura cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 58-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 3 years ago.
3Part of the "Sound! Euphonium Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, shot by Kazuya Takao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Akito Matsuda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Tomoyo Kurosawa and Chika Anzai and Moe Toyota carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "New generation, start!".
9IMDB entry: tt20860298 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 22 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kazuya Takao
Original score: Akito Matsuda
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Runtime: 58 min · 0h 58m
Status: Released
Box office: $1,650,521
Original language: JA
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest (2023)

Part of

Sound! Euphonium Collection

Now that Kumiko Oumae has enrolled in Kitauji High School, she hopes to forget about her past. Despite her desire for a fresh start, she gets dragged into the school's band club by her new friends—Sapphire Kawashima and Hazuki Katou—and is once again stuck playing the euphonium.