Jazz G Men(2011)
In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.
Movie: Jazz G Men
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Sosuke Goto
Iwao Nakano
Tamasaburo Hanayama
Toyoko Okazaki
Hitomi Sakurai
Nobuhiko Sasagawa
Jiro Hanayama
Maho Goto
Yoshio Kawamoto
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In a bid to bring back life to their town after seeing its population dwindle in recent years, the manager of a shopping mall in northern Saitama Prefecture and the executive director of the Honjo Chamber of Commerce start a project to put together an improvised jazz band from local citizens. A former music teacher (Shimizu Shogo) is coerced into becoming the band leader, but the other prospective members are all elderly amateurs with little knowledge of music.
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2011-10-29
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