A Forest of Wool and Steel

A Forest of Wool and Steel (羊と鋼の森) is a 2018 Japanese film directed by Kojiro Hashimoto and starring Kento Yamazaki.^[3][4] Based on the 2016 award-winning Booksellers novel Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori by Natsu Miyashita,^[5] which tell the story about Tomura's ambition to become a piano tuner. An English translation of Miyashita's novel is due for release in April 2019.^[6]

A Forest of Wool and Steel
Japanese	羊と鋼の森
Directed by	Kojiro Hashimoto
Screenplay by	Arisa Kaneko
Based on	Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori by Natsu Miyashita
Starring	Kento Yamazaki Ryohei Suzuki Mone Kamishiraishi Moka Kamishiraishi Tomokazu Miura
Edited by	Ryūichi Takita
Music by	Hiroko Sebu
Production companies	Toho Nippon TV Hakuhodo Asahi Shimbun Mainichi Shimbun Chunichi Shimbun Yamaha Corporation Jiji Press Bungeishunjū Tohan Corporation GyaO KDDI Corporation Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd. [1]
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	8 June 2018 (2018-06-08)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	US$3.5 million[2]

Plot

When in high school, Naoki Tomura watched a piano tuner, Soichiro Itadori, work on the school piano. He could smell the forest from the piano tuning by Soichiro. When he graduated he worked at the music instrument store where Soichiro works.

Cast

• Kento Yamazaki as Naoki Tomura
• Tomokazu Miura as Soichiro Itadori
• Mone Kamishiraishi as Kazune Sakura
• Moka Kamishiraishi as Yuni Sakura
• Ryohei Suzuki as Shinji Yanagi
• Yuu Shirota as Masato Kamijyo
• Hayato Sano as Masaki Tomura
• Keiko Horiuchi as Mizuki Kitakawa
• Ken Mitsuishi as Tadashi Akino
• Riisa Naka as Eri Hamano
• Yuki Morinaga as Takashi Minami
• Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Kiyo Tomura

Awards

Award	Category	Nominee	Result
42nd Japan Academy Prize	Newcomer of the Year	Moka Kamishiraishi	Won