

The Curtain Rises
2015-02-28 · 119 min · ★ 6.4
Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.
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- Directors
- Katsuyuki Motohiro
- Production companies
- Fuji Television Network, Toei Company, Robot Communications, dentsu, Kodansha, PARCO
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Kanako MomotaSaori Takahashi
Shiori TamaiYuko Hashizume
Reni TakagiMiki Saijo
Momoka AriyasuEtsuko Nakanishi
Ayaka SasakiAkemi Kato
Haru KurokiYoshioka Misako
Tsuyoshi Muro
Michiko Shimizu
Kotaro Shiga
Riho Yoshioka
Sairi Ito
Kyoko Yoshine
Miki Kanai
Ayaka Onishi
Chiaki Kawamo
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