Kono yo no sotoe - Club Shinchugun
Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Released
- 2004
Details
Release year: 2004
Storyline
Five young musicians, each harboring painful memories, are assembled to entertain American soldiers at an Enlisted Men's Club. Tensions emerge between the tenor saxophonist, a disillusioned ex-soldier, and a bitter GI whose brother was killed in the war. And when the band plays the prohibited "Danny Boy" during a birthday bash for a sergeant whose son Danny had died a year ago, everyone must confront a past they'd rather forget.
Top credits
- Masato Hagiwara — Kentaro Hirooka
- Peter Mullan — Jim
- Shea Whigham — Russell Reade
- Joe Odagiri — Shozo Ikeshima