The Curtain Rises (2015)

Saori is a high school student at a provincial city. She is a member of playgroup at her school. Yoshioka 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, Garuru, Nakanishi, Akemi 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.

• Release Date: 2015-02-28
• Runtime: 1h 59min
• Production Company: Fuji Television Network
• Production Country: Japan
• Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
• Writer: Kohei Kiyasu