
JAPAN, Our Homeland
Animation · Drama
Overview
The 31st year of the Showa Era (1956) marked the tenth year since Japan's defeat in World War II. It was when Japan took its first step out of post-war poverty to rejoin the international community. In old downtown Tokyo, a teacher and her students try to pass down Doyo (Japanese traditional children's songs) as the root of Japanese cultural identity to the future generations.
Top Cast
Naoya Sekine
Naoya Sekine
Akira Yanagizawa (voice)
Naoya Sekine
Akira Yanagizawa (voice)


Subaru Kimura
Subaru Kimura
Gonji Abe (voice)
Subaru Kimura
Gonji Abe (voice)
Maika Kawaguchi
Maika Kawaguchi
Shizu Miyanaga (voice)
Maika Kawaguchi
Shizu Miyanaga (voice)


Sayaka Hanamura
Sayaka Hanamura
Rieko Sakamoto (voice)
Sayaka Hanamura
Rieko Sakamoto (voice)
Eri Osonoe
Eri Osonoe
Yayoi Tajima (voice)
Eri Osonoe
Yayoi Tajima (voice)
Tetsuya Kannami
Tetsuya Kannami
Teru Yoshimura (voice)
Tetsuya Kannami
Teru Yoshimura (voice)
Kurumi Honta
Kurumi Honta
Kimiyo Arima (voice)
Kurumi Honta
Kimiyo Arima (voice)
Seigo Kuwabara
Seigo Kuwabara
Yoshio Kawabata (voice)
Seigo Kuwabara
Yoshio Kawabata (voice)


Hikari Yono
Hikari Yono
Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother) (voice)
Hikari Yono
Fukuko Yanagizawa (mother) (voice)
Kanon Nagashima
Kanon Nagashima
Reiko Yanagizawa (voice)
Kanon Nagashima
Reiko Yanagizawa (voice)
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