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Boy's Choir

Country: Japan, Language: Japanese, 129 mins

Original Title

Dokuritsu Shonen Gasshoudan
  • Director: Akira Ogata
  • Writer: Kenji Aoki
  • Producer: Motoki Ishida; Takenori Sentô

CGiii Comment

Slooow and dull.

The muted cinematography adds to the tedium.

A boys' school with all the usual goings-on Japanese-style - which, basically, means nothing is in your face - i.e. there is no blatant boy love - in fact, you'll be pretty hard pushed to find any kind of love in this film that would satisfy the dubiously marketed gay-theme.

Something may have been lost in the translation...but, at 129 arduous minutes, this is a hike in bad weather with ill-fitting boots.


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The(ir) Blurb...

The lives of two orphan boys begin to intertwine when the choir and the feelings they share bring them closer to one another.

Cast & Characters

Atsushi Ito as Michio Yanagida;
Sora Toma as Yasuo Ito;
Teruyuki Kagawa as Seino;
Ryoko Takizawa as Satomi;
Ken Mitsuishi as Michio's Uncle;
Reita Serizawa as Tanaka;
Jun Kunimura as Michio's Father;
Shigeru Izumiya as Kiba;
Kihachi Okamoto as School Head;
Kae Minami;
Osamu Shigematu as Doctor