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The Curtain Rises (2015)
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The Curtain Rises (2015)
Original name: 幕が上がる
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Saori (Kanako Momota) is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka (Haru Kuroki) begins to work at the same high school as a new teacher. Yoshioka performed in plays when she was in college back in Tokyo. Saori, Yukko (Shiori Tamai), Garuru (Reni Takagi), Nakanishi (Momoka Ariyasu), Akemi (Ayaka Sasaki) decides to compete in a play competition. Their goal is to make it through the regional competions, but Teacher Yoshioka tells them their aiming low and that they should think about the national competition.
Plot: competition, theatre group, theatre play, golf, school teacher, japanese schoolgirl, japanese woman, japanese girl, short skirt, school uniform, mini skirt, ponytail, girl wearing a miniskirt
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