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A Forest of Wool and Steel

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A Forest of Wool and Steel
Japanese羊と鋼の森
Directed byKojiro Hashimoto
Screenplay byArisa Kaneko
Based onHitsuji to Hagane no Mori
by Natsu Miyashita
Starring
Edited byRyūichi Takita
Music byHiroko Sebu
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box officeUS$3.5 million[2]

A Forest of Wool and Steel (羊と鋼の森) is a 2018 Japanese film directed by Kojiro Hashimoto and starring Kento Yamazaki.[3][4] Based on the 2016 award-winning Booksellers novel Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori by Natsu Miyashita,[5] which tell the story about Tomura's ambition to become a piano tuner. An English translation of Miyashita's novel is due for release in April 2019.[6]

Plot

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When in high school, Naoki Tomura watched a piano tuner, Soichiro Itadori, work on the school piano. He could smell the forest from the piano tuning by Soichiro. When he graduated he worked at the music instrument store where Soichiro works.

Cast

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Awards

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Award Category Nominee Result
42nd Japan Academy Prize Newcomer of the Year Moka Kamishiraishi Won

References

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  1. ^ "Hey, you!". Google Translate.
  2. ^ "A Forest of Wool and Steel". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  3. ^ 羊と鋼の森. eiga.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Forest of Wool and Steel". 3 February 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Booksellers Award 2016". tsundokureader. 14 February 2016. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Mihashita, Natsu (2019). Forest of Wool and Steel. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0857525192. OCLC 1045196015.
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