The Forest of Wool and Steel (2018)
High school student Naoki Tomura grew up in a remote area in Hokkaido. He meets piano tuner Soichiro Itadori in school and eventually decides to work at Itadori’s musical instrument store. Tomura gradually grows as a piano tuner through his interactions with the other tuners and musician clients
Director:
Kojiro Hashimoto
Writer:
Arisa Kaneko
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Kento Yamazaki as Naoki Tomura |
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Tomokazu Miura as Soichiro Itadori |
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Mone Kamishiraishi as Kazune Sakura |
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Moka Kamishiraishi as Yuni Sakura |
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Ryohei Suzuki as Shinji Yanagi |
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Keiko Horiuchi as Mizuki Kitakawa |
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Ken Mitsuishi as Tadashi Akino |
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Riisa Naka as Eri Hamano |
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Yu Shirota as Masato Kamijo |
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Yuki Morinaga as Takashi Minami |
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Hayato Sano as Masaki Tomura |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kiyo Tomura |
| Sound | Hiroko Sebu | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Natsu Miyashita | Novel |
| Directing | Kojiro Hashimoto | Director |
| Writing | Arisa Kaneko | Screenplay |
| Camera | Kosuke Yamada | Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Ryô Matsumoto | Digital Compositor |
| Production | Akihiro Yamauchi | Producer |
| Production | Yûsuke Ishiguro | Producer |
| Production | Yasushi Hashimoto | Producer |
| Editing | Ryuichi Takita | Editor |
| Sound | Shinichi Toyoda | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Nobuyuki Tsujii | Theme Song Performance |
| Art | Kyouko Yauchi | Production Design |
| Production | Akihiro Yamauchi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Takeshi Sato | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Takahiro Kawada | Producer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Makinouchi | Production Manager |