The Village

Not *The Music Man* but a Japanese village deciding whether to bankroll a musical. With overhead to fund and fields to tend they hesitate but Ms. Kono sells it. Slices of rural life parade across screen. A time capsule where heart edges out spectacle.

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Yoji Yamada directed The Village in 1975. See Yoji Yamada's full filmography, where to start with Yoji Yamada, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoji Yamada.

The Village was released in 1975 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 127 minutes.