Movie: Have a Song on Your Lips
Romaji: Kuchibiru ni Uta o
Japanese: くちびるに歌を
Director: Takahiro Miki
Writer: Otsuichi (novel), Yuichi Toyone, Yukiko Mochiji
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: February 28, 2015
Runtime: 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Music / Teen
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Yuri Kashiwaga was once known as a genius pianist. One day, she returns to her hometown in Goto Islands from Tokyo. There, she begins to work as a temporary teacher at a middle school and advisor for the school chorus. The chorus aims to take part at a competition. Yuri gives the members of the chorus members an assignment. She instructs them to write a letter with the title of “To myself 15 years later.” The 15-year-old boys and girls write about their secrets and worries.
Notes
Based on the novel "Kuchibiru ni Uta o" by Eiichi Nakata (published November 24, 2011 by Shogakukan). The novel won the 61th Shogakukan Jido Shuppan Bunkasho in 2012.
Filming begins mid-July, 2014 in Goto, Nagasaki Prefecture and finishes at the end August, 2014.
Cast
Yui Aragaki as Yuri Kashiwaga
Yuri Tsunematsu as Nazuna Tsunematsu
Shota Shimoda as Satoru Kuwahara
Wakana Aoi as Chinatsu Sekiya
Kyoka Shibata as Eri Tsuji
Mayu Yamaguchi as Kotomi Hasegawa
Hayato Sano as Keisuke Mukai
Hibiki Muroi as Riku Mitamura
Fumino Kimura as Haruko Matsuyama
Kenta Kiritani as Tetsuo Tsukamoto
Daichi Watanabe as Akio Kuwahara
Hidekazu Mashima as Yuki Nakamura
Hikari Ishida as Sizuru Nakamura
Tae Kimura as Teruko Kuwahara
Shigemitsu Ogi as Koichi Kuwahara
Kazue Tsunogae as Kiyo Nakamura
Hisashi Igawa as Toshio Nakamura
Fuyuna Asakura as Kaoru Yokomine
Mahiru Ueta as Yoko Fukunaga
Nana Takahashi as Mai Kamiki
Kyohei Kanomi as Shuhei Shinozaki
Shoya Miura as Junya Kikuchi
Rina Uchi as Mina Uchizato
Ayano Hamaura as Aya Hamaguchi
Kiina Haruno as Rumi Harui
Yuka Nakamura as Yuka Hamamura
Natsumi Abe as Megumi Akutsu
Moe Wakiuchi as Momoko Wakimichi
Kanon Yamazaki as Tsukasa Miyazaki
Takashi Tamura as Takashi Shimura