'Slanted': If You Can't Beat Them, Be Them
A dynamic journey of self-acceptance and identity.
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Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from her life at a young age. Because of her father's disappearance Uta's mother had to move out of their posh home and into a far modest working class neighborhood. In this working class neighborhood there is a local grocer. The grocer's son Kikuna Oto happens to be a budding musician, but lacks the drive to truly succeed. That is until Uta Naruse comes into his life...
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Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously disappeared from her life at a young age. Because of her father's disappearance Uta's mother had to move out of their posh home and into a far modest working class neighborhood. In this working class neighborhood there is a local grocer. The grocer's son Kikuna Oto happens to be a budding musician, but lacks the drive to truly succeed. That is until Uta Naruse comes into his life...
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Genre:Romance, Drama, Music
Written By:Kosuke Mukai
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Runtime:120 minutes
Studio:Bitters End, VAP, MUSIC! ON TV, Picnic
Cast
Koji Hagiuda
Director
Riko Narumi
Uta Naruse
Kenichi Matsuyama
Oto Kikuna
Satomi Tezuka
Mika Naruse
Masahiro Komoto
Kazuo Nagazaki
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Koichiro Naruse
Shihori Kanjiya
Kane Kamogawa
Kazuyoshi Kushida
Professor Mikoshiba
Kazuyuki Asano
Professor Komiyama
Midoriko Kimura
Masako Kikuna
Keita Okada
Susumu Ikeyama
Kazuya Sato
Morimoto
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