Here Is a Spring

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.

Cast

Keiko Kishi

as

Eiji Okada

as

Keiju Kobayashi

as

Kōji Mitsui

as

Daisuke Katō

as

Mitsuko Kusabue

as

Sadako Sawamura

as

Hisao Toake

as

Eijirō Tōno

as

Yuichi Saito

as

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