In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.
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Jun Inoue
Sosuke Goto
Known for
Gokusen
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Sabu Kawahara
Iwao Nakano
Known for
A Scene at the Sea
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Kenji Takama
Hiroyuki Akune
Yui Miyatake
Koichi Ueda
Tamasaburo Hanayama
Known for
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Masamichi Uwabo
Matsumi Fuku
Toyoko Okazaki
Also in
Kids Return
Love Generation
Hiroshi Wada
Tomomi Miyashita
Hitomi Sakurai
Known for
Marebito
Helldriver
Yuu Tokui
Nobuhiko Sasagawa
Known for
Dark Water
I Am a Hero
Ryosuke Kawamura
Jiro Hanayama
Known for
The Machine Girl
Yui Miyatake Director · Kenji Takama Cinematographer Hiroshi Wada Production designer
Budget $120K · First release October 29, 2011 · Produced in Japan
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$120,000
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Original title
JAZZ爺MEN
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 29, 2011
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