Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You!

"I want to sound with you."

2017 1h 45m JA

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★7.2TMDB · 23

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Synopsis

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Autumn is in the air as the Kitauji High School concert band prepares for the National Competition. The band hears troubling news that Asuka Tanaka, vice president of the club and one of the key euphonium players in the band, may quit! Asuka is beautiful and charismatic and everyone relies on her, but she also has a cool side and never reveals her true self. Kumiko doesn’t get along with Asuka initially, but her feelings change when she learns that Asuka may actually drop out. Asuka has feelings about the euphonium that she cannot tell anyone else…

“I want to sound with you.”

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Cast

Tomoyo Kurosawa
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Minako Kotobuki
Asuka Tanaka (voice)
Ayaka Asai
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Moe Toyota
Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)
Chika Anzai
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Kenjiro Tsuda
Takuya Gotou (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Nao Toyama
Nozomi Kasaki (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Taichi Ogawa
Writers: Noriyuki Kitanohara, Tatsuya Ishihara, Takuya Yamamura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 9 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 Taichi Ogawa, 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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CAST

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Tomoyo Kurosawa and Minako Kotobuki and Ayaka Asai carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "I want to sound with you.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6973828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Taichi Ogawa directs. Kazuya Takao behind the camera. Akito Matsuda scores. Kengo Shigemura cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 9 years ago.
2Part of the "Sound! Euphonium Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Taichi Ogawa, shot by Kazuya Takao. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Akito Matsuda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Kengo Shigemura shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tomoyo Kurosawa and Minako Kotobuki and Ayaka Asai carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "I want to sound with you.".
8IMDB entry: tt6973828 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "high school", "based on novel or book", "competition", "brass band".
11Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kazuya Takao
Original score: Akito Matsuda
Editing: Kengo Shigemura
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You! (2017)

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.