

Faking Beethoven
2025-09-12 · 115 min · ★ 7.5
Beethoven, the world's most famous musician and iconic solitary genius. But what if that image was entirely fabricated… by his own secretary?
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- Directors
- Kazuaki Seki
- Production companies
- Shochiku, Amazon MGM Studios
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Yuki YamadaAnton Felix Schindler
Arata FurutaLudwig van Beethoven
Shota SometaniThayer
Fuju KamioHolz
Oshirō MaedaKarl
Yukiyoshi OzawaJohann
Katsuhisa NamaseBreuning
Shinya KoteSchuppanzigh
Toru NomaguchiUmlauf
Kenichi EndoWegeler
Taisuke NiiharaSchubert
Mizuki MaeharaCzerny
Ryoka FujisawaChopin
Arata HoriiWagner
Yoshiyuki TsubokuraHeine
Naomi NishidaEleonore
Saya IchikawaHarriet
Junpei Yasui
Yuki Izumisawa[Thayer's friend]
Tomoya Maeno[Theater's staff]Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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