Song of the Beginning
2013, Japanese. Directed by Tomochika Kasaura.
Wataru, a freelance cameraman who works for a travel magazine in Tokyo. He had aimed to be a teacher but failed to achieve his goal and left home to go to Tokyo. However, he does not do well in Tokyo and has to return to his hometown. Wataru reunites with his former girlfriend who is a primary school teacher now and through his interaction with his family, friends and a group of primary school students who want to take part in a choir contest, he begins to take steps to resurrect his dream of being a teacher.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 23 September 2013
- Original title
- はじまりの歌
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Shuuko Arai
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Song of the Beginning runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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Song of the Beginning isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 September 2013. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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If you liked Song of the Beginning, try Heavenly Forest, A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate, Radiance.
Who directed Song of the Beginning?
Song of the Beginning (2013) was directed by Tomochika Kasaura and stars Jun Matsumoto, Nana Eikura, Naho Toda.