Instruments of a Beating Heart (2024)
★ 6.8 (28) · 23 min
Director: Ema Ryan Yamazaki · woman
First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part — the big drum.