Film

The Curtain Rises

2015 · 1h 59m · Drama

IMDb

7.3

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.

Kanako Momota

Saori Takahashi

Shiori Tamai

Yuko Hashizume

Reni Takagi

Miki Saijo

Momoka Ariyasu

Etsuko Nakanishi

Ayaka Sasaki

Akemi Kato

Haru Kuroki

Yoshioka Misako

Tsuyoshi Muro

Michiko Shimizu

Kotaro Shiga

Riho Yoshioka

Sairi Ito

Kyoko Yoshine

Miki Kanai

Nanoka Matsubara

Ayaka Onishi

Kumi Hyodo

• Katsuyuki MotohiroDirector
• Kohei KiyasuScreenplay
• Reiko KatayamaProducer
• Keichiiro MoriyaProducer
• Akira SakoDirector of Photography
• Yugo KannoOriginal Music Composer
• Yukako KishinoEditor

Release date

February 28, 2015

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Drama

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