Piano no mori：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Masayuki Kojima

Writing Credits

Makoto Isshiki
(manga): Ryûta Hôrai
(screenplay)

Cast

Aya Ueto
Kai Ichinose: Ryunosuke Kamiki
Shuhei Amamiya: Mayuko Fukuda
Takako Maruyama: Chizuru Ikewaki
Reiko Ichinose

Produced by

Naoto Fujimura
producer: Nippon Television Network: Miho Ichii
producer: Shochiku: TaizÃ´ ItÃ´
chief executive producer: Sony Music Entertainment: Yoshihiro Iwasaki
associate producer: Shochiku: Yasuteru Iwase
associate producer: Madhouse: Takashi Kamikura
executive producer: Nippon Television Network: Jun'ichi Kitagawa
executive producer: Shochiku: Jungo Maruta
chief executive producer: Madhouse: Masao Maruyama
planner: Madhouse: Teruki Matsumoto
chief executive producer: Shochiku: YÃ´ko Matsushita
planner: ADK: Hideyuki Nagai
chief executive producer: ADK: Shin'ichirÃ´ Nishigaki
chief executive producer: Yomiuri TV (as ShinichirÃ´ Nishigaki): Seiji Okuda
chief executive producer: Nippon Television Network: Yasuji Okumura
executive producer: Madhouse: Tomoyuki SaitÃ´
associate producer: Yomiuri TV (as Tomoyuki Saito): YÃ»ichirÃ´ SaitÃ´
producer: Madhouse: Takayuki Sumiyoshi
chief executive producer: VAP: KÃ´ji Takeuchi
animation producer: Telecom Animation Film (as Koji Takeuchi): Osamu Taniguchi
animation producer: Telecom Animation Film: Rika Tsuruzaki
producer: ADK (as Rika Tsurumaki): Tatsuji Yamazaki
producer: ADK: Tsuyoshi Yoshida
planner: Shochiku: Noboru Ãtsuki
chief executive producer: Yomiuri Shimbun (as Noboru Ohtsuki)

Music by

Keisuke Shinohara

Cinematography by

Rumi Ishiguro

Editing by

Yoshihiro Kasahara

Art Direction by

Kazuki Higashiji
: Toshiharu Mizutani

Production Management

Hae Ra Ko
production manager: RyÃ´ichirÃ´ Matsuo
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Atsuko Ishizuka
unit director: Tomohiko Itô
assistant unit director: Ryôsuke Nakamura
unit director: Keiko Namba
unit director (as Keiko Oyamada): Tôru Takahashi
assistant unit director: KÃ´jirÃ´ Tsuruoka
unit director: Tomomi Yoshino
unit director

Art Department

Nobutaka Ike
artboards: Tomoko Isobe
color designer: Masayuki Kojima
storyboard artist: Akemi Konno
artboards: Tadashi KudÃ´
artboards: Toshihiko Masuda
storyboard artist: Yûzô Satô
storyboard artist: Tomoyuki Shimizu
artboards: Nobuo Tomizawa
storyboard artist: Tomoko Yamamoto
color key: Yûichirô Yano
storyboard artist: Masumi Ãtsuka
color designer

Sound Department

Yuji Akazawa
sound editor: Julian Crouch
foley artist: Tokyo Technology Communication: Hirokazu Ebisu
sound editor: Fusanobu Fujiyama
sound director: Takashi Funama
recording engineer: Kimiko Hayashi
sound production supervisor: Jinnan Studio: Tadami ItÃ´
sound production supervisor: Jinnan Studio: Michihiko Iwana
recording assistant: Tsutomu Kawahigashi
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East: Yûji Mitsuya
recording director: Mikio Mori
dolby film consultant: Continental Far East: Tak Ogawa
sound designer: Hideyuki Sasaki
sound editor: Makoto Sumiya
recording mixer: Hajime Takagi
recording mixer: Futoshi Ueda
optical recording

Special Effects by

Ayumi Arahata
special effects: Keiko Itogawa
special effects: Kumiko Taniguchi
special effects: Team Taniguchi

Visual Effects by

Kimie Aihara
3d cg producer: Ryo Higuchi
3d cg animator: Hitoshi Kikuchi
3d cg producer: YÃ»tarÃ´ Kishikawa
3d cg animator: YÃ»ki Mizuno
assistant director: Masayuki Narai
line coordinator: Noriaki Saka
3d cg animator: Masayoshi Yamane
3d cg animator: RyÃ´ Yoshimura
3d cg animator

Camera and Electrical Department

Chisato Asai
photography: Ken'ichi Dai
photography: Hisashi Goseki
photography: Yukihiko Ichikawa
photography: Michiya KatÃ´
photography (as Michiya Katou): Kwang Jun Kim
photography: Takayuki Kimata
photography: Keiji Kitsutaka
photography: Shin'ya Kobayashi
photography: Kenji Kuwahara
photography: Naho Mitsuishi
photography: Junko Miyagawa
photography: ShÃ»sei Murai
piano performance photography: GPA: Takayuki Nakano
photography: Hiroshi Saito
photography: Akihiro SaitÃ´
photography: Hiroki Sekido
photography: GÃ´ Shimura
photography: Nami Suzuki
piano performance photography: GPA: KÃ´hei Tanada
photography: Osamu Tsumura
photography: Hitoshi Yamaguchi
photography: Shinobu Ãhata
camera operator (as Shinobu Ohata)

Animation Department

Wataru Abe
key animator: Takahiko Abiru
secondary key animator: Kaori Aisaka
key animator: Eun Hee An
inbetween artist: Hiroyuki Aoyama
animation director: Shinobu Arai
cel painter: Kim Bo-Ram
background artist: Eun-Soon Byun
inbetween artist: Hye Soon Byun
inbetween artist: Hea Rim Choi
cel painter: Kwang-Seok Choi
background artist: Yuka ChÃ´mei
inbetween artist: Kazuo Ebisawa
background artist: Miho Fujimori
cel painter: Shigeru Fujita
character designer / chief animation director: Taichi Furumata
key animator: Noboru Furuse
key animator: Kaori Hagiwara
background artist: Kunihiko Hamada
animation director: Kazutaka Hara
key animator: Noriko Hara
inbetween artist: Hitomi Hasegawa
key animator: Kaori Hashimoto
secondary key animator: Chihiro Hayashi
key animator: Satomi Higuchi
key animator: Sayaka Hirahara
background artist: Daisuke Hiramaki
key animator: Seung Hee Hong
inbetween artist: Kei Ichikura
background artist: Hiroya Iijima
key animator: Natsuko Iimori
inbetween checker: Toshiaki Iino
key animator: Kazuki Ikeda
background artist: Yûji Ikeda
background artist: Takahiro Ikezoe
key animator: Hiroaki Imaki
key animator: Daiki Imamura
secondary key animator: Junko Ina
background artist: Gaku Inoue
background artist: Kaori Inoue
key animator: Kensuke Ishikawa
key animator: Makoto Iso
key animator: Hideki Itô
key animator (as Hideki Ito): Hiromichi ItÃ´
background artist (as Hiromichi Ito): Mariko Iwasaki
inbetween artist: KÃ´hei Iwazaki
inbetween artist: Kazuyo Izawa
background artist: Young Mi Jung
inbetween artist: Tomoaki Kado
key animator: Yoshinori Kanemori
layout supervisor: Sayaka Kawai
inbetween artist: Takuya Kawai
key animator: Tetsuya Kawakami
key animator: Ah Jin Kim
cel painter (as A Jin Kim): Bok Sim Kim
inbetween artist: Hee Jung Kim
inbetween artist (as Jung-hee Kim): Min Sun Kim
cel painter: Soo-Hun Kim
cel painter: Makoto Kimura
background scanner: KÃ´hei Kita
inbetween artist: Takayuki Kitagawa
inbetween checker: ShÃ»ichi Kitayama
key animator: Tomoyo Kobayashi
cel checker: YÃ»ko Kobayashi
background artist: Toshihiro Kohama
background artist: Yuka Koiso
inbetween artist: Kayoko Koitabashi
background artist: Erina Kojima
secondary key animator: Eriko Kubokawa
key animator: Masahiro Kurio
key animator: Hideaki Kusama
key animator: RyÃ´suke Kuwabara
secondary key animator (as Ryosuke Kuwabara): Mi-yeun Lee
cel painter: Seol Ah Lee
background artist: So Young Lee
inbetween artist: Kiyoaki Maeda
key animator: Momoko Makiuchi
key animator: Naoko Masui
secondary key animator: Kazuyuki Matsubara
key animator: Satoshi Matsudaira
background artist: Yoshikatsu Matsumoto
background artist: Masaki Matsumura
inbetween artist: Yoshinobu Michihata
key animator: Takayo Mitsuwaka
secondary key animator: Kaori Miyagawa
inbetween artist: Sawako Miyamoto
animation director: Takeshi Mizoguchi
secondary key animator: Mitsue Mori
key animator: TetsurÃ´ Moronuki
key animator: Sachiho Motoda
background artist: KÃ´ji Murai
key animator (as Kouji Murai): Shinobu MÃ´ri
key animator: Norihiro Naganuma
key animator: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
key animator: Sayuri Nagashima
cel checker: Keiko Nakaji
key animator: KyÃ´ko Nakamura
secondary key animator (as Kyouko Nakamura): Takashi Nakamura
background artist: Mamiko Nakanishi
key animator: Manabu Nakatake
key animator: YÃ´ji Nakaza
background artist: Saki Nerome
background scanner: Mayuko Nishi
inbetween artist: Chie Nishihara
inbetween artist: YÃ´ichi Nishikawa
background artist: Takafumi Nishima
background artist: Hiroshi Nitta
background artist: Hiroaki Noguchi
animation director: Takumo Norita
key animator: Fumie Nuibe
background artist: Hiroshi Numata
secondary key animator: Akira Ono
key animator: ShÃ»ta Osabe
inbetween artist: Jeong Ah Park
cel painter: Kyung-suk Park
inbetween artist: Sun Hwan Park
background artist: Yun Hee Park
cel painter: Akiko SaitÃ´
background scanner: Mitaka SaitÃ´
inbetween checker: Kayo Sakazume
inbetween checker: Hiroaki SatÃ´
background scanner: Scan-ya: Kanako SatÃ´
inbetween artist: Shiho SatÃ´
background artist (as Shiho Sato): Atsushi Sekiguchi
assistant animation director: Naruhito Sekikawa
key animator: RyÃ´ko Sekiya
inbetween artist: RyÃ»suke Shiino
background artist (as Ryusuke Shiino): Hiroshi Shimizu
assistant animation director: Kana Shimizu
inbetween artist: Natsuko Shimizu
inbetween artist: Tomohisa Shimoyama
key animator: Emiko Shimura
key animator: Nobumasa Shinkawa
assistant animation director: Yumiko Shirai
key animator: Jung Hun Son
cel painter: Jung-eun Son
cel painter: YÃ»ko Sotake
key animator (as Yuuko Sotake): KÃ´ichi Suenaga
key animator (as Koichi Suenaga): Toshiharu Sugie
key animator: Michie Suzuki
background artist: Michiyo Suzuki
key animator: YÃ´ichi Takada
key animator: Hideki Takahashi
key animator: Tae Takahashi
background scanner: Naoko Takashita
cel painter: Minoko Takasu
inbetween artist: YÃ´ji Takeshige
background artist: Teiichi Takiguchi
animation director: Seiki Tamura
background artist: Risa Tatara
inbetween artist: Satoshi Tazaki
assistant animation director: Masako Terada
inbetween artist: Mai Toda
inbetween artist: Satoshi Tokizawa
background artist: Mitsuka Tokumoto
inbetween artist: Megumi Tomita
inbetween artist: Natsumi Tomobe
inbetween artist: Kazuhide Tomonaga
key animator: Megumi Tonegawa
inbetween artist: ShÃ»ichi Tsuji
background artist (as Shuichi Tsuji): Yoshiko Tsujimura
inbetween artist: Maki Uchida
key animator: Jun Uemura
key animator: Hideyuki Ueno
background artist: Yukari Umebayashi
inbetween artist: Kiyomi Wada
inbetween artist: Noriko Wada
background artist: Aiko Wakatsuki
key animator: Kyung Hoo Woo
background artist: Tomomi Yabuki
inbetween artist: Masayuki Yamada
background artist: YÃ»zÃ´ Yamada
assistant animation director (as Takeshi Baba): Mami Yamaguchi
key animator: Eri Yamanashi
background artist: Kiyomi Yamashita
secondary key animator: Chika Yamauchi
cel painter: Suzu Yamazaki
background artist: Yûichirô Yano
key animator: Jeong Ah Yim
cel painter: Hisao Yokobori
key animator: Ai Yokoyama
inbetween artist: Akitoshi Yokoyama
key animator: Mi Kyoung Yoon
inbetween artist: Hayao Yoshida
background artist: Minami Yoshida
inbetween artist: Takuji Yoshimoto
key animator: Mitsuo Yoshino
background artist: KÃ´ji Ãdate
inbetween artist: Akane Ãguchi
inbetween artist: Morihito Ãhara
background artist (as Morihito Ohara): Akiko Ãshima
inbetween checker: Kasumi Ãta
inbetween artist: Kiyomi Ãta
background artist

Casting Department

ShÃ´ko Nogami
casting assistance: Nelke Planning: Takako Tanaka
casting assistance: Nelke Planning

Editorial Department

Masayasu Arimatsu
hd assistant editor: Hiroaki Hirabayashi
color timer: Tomoyasu Inagaki
hd real-time recording: Tomohiro Nemoto
hd editor: Yuriko SatÃ´
lab coordinator: YÃ»ko Shimura
lab coordinator: Mitsuhiro ShÃ´ji
hd color corrector (as Mitsuhiro Shoji): Takayuki Tabata
hd coordinator: Mitsuhiro Takano
technical coordinator: Nozomi Takeuchi
hd real-time recording: Yayoi Ãba
color timing

Music Department

Vladimir Ashkenazy
piano performance/music advisor: Tomoyoshi Ezaki
music recording: Octavia Records: Masataka Fukuda
music production assistance: Piri Sound: KentarÃ´ Hashimoto
piano performance: Toshiaki Iida
music production assistance: YÃ´ko Katsura
music production: Mario Klemens
conductor: RyÃ»ichi Kobayashi
piano performance: RyÃ»zÃ´ Kugimoto
music production assistance: Targa Top: Mariko Nogami
piano performance: Kozue Okada
music producer: AMO: KÃ´ji Shimoda
music production assistance: Yamaha Music Tokyo: Tsuyoshi Yakushiji
music production: Masayoshi Ãkawa
music recording: Octavia Records

Additional Crew

Jun Arita
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Tomoko Egami
web manager: Hideaki Fujii
production committee: Madhouse: Shin'ichi Futamura
production committee: Yomiuri TV: Masako Hayashi
production work: Hiroshi Hirayama
production committee: VAP: Ken Hironaka
production committee: Yomiuri TV: Masataka Hoshino
theater advertising: Shigeo Hosouchi
tie-in: Tetsufumi Hotta
production assistant: Harumi Iketani
production assistant: Shiho Ishikawa
production committee: ADK: Hyeon Tae Kim
production assistant: Anthony Kimm
English subtitles: Tomoko Kinbako
setting production: Seika Kobayashi
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Yuka Komori
advertising: Yoshinobu Kosugi
production committee: Nippon Television Network: Takako KudÃ´
publicity assistance: Rakusha: KÃ´ji Kumakura
distribution: Shochiku: Kuniharu Matsui
distribution: Shochiku: KÃ´ji Matsukura
advertising supervisor: Shinji Miura
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Junsaku Miyoshi
production committee: Yomiuri TV: Taku Morisaka
production committee: Shochiku: Takayasu Morozumi
production committee: ADK: Junkichi Murayama
choreographer: Seigakuin University: Yoshiko Nagasaki
production committee: Nippon Television Network: Kenji Nakamoto
production collaborator: Satomi Nakano
coverage assistance: Socio Engine Associates Co., Ltd.: Akiko Namiki
tie-in: Yukiko Ninokata
production committee: Madhouse: Yasuhiro Nishio
production assistant: Chieko Nitta
publicity assistance: Rakusha: Motoo Ogata
distribution: Shochiku: Miyuki Ogawa
production desk: Nippon Television Network: Haruo Okamoto
production committee: VAP: Kei Okamoto
production committee: ADK: Kazue SannÃ´maru
production committee: Nippon Television Network: Mariko Seto
production committee: Shochiku: Atsushi Shibata
production committee: VAP: Osamu Shimizu
advertising: Masami Shimura
publicity assistance: Rakusha: Tsuyoshi Sugiyama
production committee: Sony Music Entertainment: Jin'ichirÃ´ Takada
production committee: Nippon Television Network: Eko Takeuchi
advertising: Manabu Tamura
production committee: VAP: Kazumi Tanaka
production committee: Yomiuri TV: Akihisa Tashiro
advertising producer: Keisuke Tateishi
production assistant: Masahiko Toshima
production committee: Yomiuri Shimbun: Satoki Toyoda
production collaborator: Osamu Uchida
coverage assistance: NPO Mitaka Network University Promotion Organization: Takashi Uehara
production assistant: Kazuya Uekawa
production assistant: ShÃ»ji Wada
production committee: ADK: Michiko Wake
publicity assistance: Rakusha: Kiyotaka Waki
production assistant: Mikaru Yamada
theater advertising: YÃ´ji Yamada
production committee: VAP (as Yoji Yamada): Yuka Yamaguchi
choreographer: Seigakuin University: Takashi Ãuchi
production committee: VAP: Yoshiki Ãwa
production committee: ADK