High schooler Kayama Ito is friendless when it comes to his class so it is kind of ironic when, for a school trip to Hiroshima, he is assigned as the leader of five other students who couldn’t partner up with anyone else. The members of his group are the self-centred Sumire, diligent student Koto, the boastful Daisuke, the timid Chie, and truant Yutaro. A camaraderie forms amongst the six despite...

The true story of a young Japanese girl who played the piano for POWs during World War II and how it affected their lives. It is a story of humanity, compassion and the universality of music in helping to heal the rifts between wartime rivals.