Ano Hi no Orugan (2019)

Profile

• Movie: Organ (English title) / The Day’s Organ (literal title)
• Romaji: Ano Hi no Orugan
• Japanese: あの日のオルガン

• Director: Emiko Hiramatsu
• Writer: Emiko Hiramatsu
• Producer: Harue Miyake
• Cinematographer: Masashi Chikamori
• Release Date: February 22, 2019
• Runtime: 119 min.
• Genre: Period-1940 / Music / Based on True Story
• Distributor: Mancy’s Entertainment
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

Set towards the end of World War II, Kaede Itakura (Erika Toda), who leads kindergartners, and Mitsue Nonomiya (Sakurako Ohara), who enjoy music, persuades the parents at the school to take their children out of Tokyo. They seek shelter at an abandoned temple in Saitama while Tokyo is bombed.