Hitsuji to hagane no mori

2018
2h 14m

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When high school student Tomura Naoki met piano tuner Itadori Soichiro at his school in Hokkaido, he could smell the forest from the piano tuned by Soichiro. Touched, the boy decides to work... Read allWhen high school student Tomura Naoki met piano tuner Itadori Soichiro at his school in Hokkaido, he could smell the forest from the piano tuned by Soichiro. Touched, the boy decides to work together with Soichiro at his musical instruments store. Naoki develops relationships wit... Read allWhen high school student Tomura Naoki met piano tuner Itadori Soichiro at his school in Hokkaido, he could smell the forest from the piano tuned by Soichiro. Touched, the boy decides to work together with Soichiro at his musical instruments store. Naoki develops relationships with many people related to the piano and he meets sister pianists and high school students K... Read all

Director
- Kôjirô Hashimoto
Writers
- Natsu Miyashita
- Arisa Kaneko
Stars

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6.2/10

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Director
- Kôjirô Hashimoto
Writers
- Natsu Miyashita
- Arisa Kaneko
Stars

2User reviews

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Awards
- 1 win total

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8j-marin1992

Aesthetics and order of the elements

One of those films you can only encounter throughout a myriad of rare circumstances, "The forest of wool and steel" captivates the audience not by the use climax building or such, but by the mere use of aesthetic correlations and simple details. The relations between the piano player and the piano tuner, the main elements of the story, tell us a perfect example of how life is not about protagonisms but about the balance of all things.

6PennyReviews

Good Enough

A forest of Wool and Steel is more like a novel, packed with emotions and music. Rather than a good story, this one focused more on the aesthetics and how to represent the sound of the music a piano creates with nature and, especially, the forest. There was a ghost of a story, with the main character choosing to become a piano tuner and working as one, while encountering some piano players and helping them create the perfect sound that they are looking for. But the story was just okay, as there was no intensity nor real point in it. Rather, the breathtaking views of the forest and the water, as well as the music, they were the main protagonists of the movie. Finally, the performances were good from all the cast members.

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Soundtracks
The Dream of the Lambs
(Ending Theme)
Composed and Arranged by Joe Hisaishi
Piano Performed by Nobuyuki Tsujii
(AVEX CLASSICS INTERNATIONAL)