Faking Beethoven
5.2
“Runaway love changes history.”
Beethoven, the world's most famous musician and iconic solitary genius. But what if that image was entirely fabricated… by his own secretary?
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Cast
22 people
Yuki Yamada
Anton Felix Schindler
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
Shoplifters
Arata Furuta
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
Shota Sometani
Thayer
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The Boy and the Beast
Suzume
Fuju Kamio
Holz
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Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom
Re/Member
Oshirō Maeda
Karl
Known for
Kamen Rider Black Sun
I Wish
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Johann
Known for
The Hidden Blade
Rurouni Kenshin Part III: The Legend Ends
Katsuhisa Namase
Breuning
Known for
My Hero Academia: Two Heroes
Legal High
Shinya Kote
Schuppanzigh
Known for
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Toru Nomaguchi
Umlauf
Known for
Shin Godzilla
Your Eyes Tell
Kenichi Endō
Wegeler
Known for
Visitor Q
THE DAYS
Taisuke Niihara
Schubert
Also in
Eternal Yesterday
At 25:00, in Akasaka
Mizuki Maehara
Czerny
Known for
My Love Mix-Up!
Kazuaki Seki Director · Bakarhythm Screenplay Akihiro Manabe Composer
United States release January 22, 2026 · Produced in Japan, United States · Production Amazon MGM Studios
Production
Shochiku
Production
Amazon MGM Studios
Production
Japan · United States
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Original title
ベートーヴェン捏造
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 12, 2025
Theatrical
United States · January 22, 2026
Digital · Prime Video
Austria
October 5, 2025 · Premiere · Japannual
Japan
January 23, 2026 · Digital · Prime Video
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