Instruments of a Beating Heart is a 2024 Japanese documentary short film directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki. Edited down from Yamazaki's 2023 feature The Making of a Japanese, the film documents the challenge presented to the first graders in a Tokyo public elementary school of performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders, as their assignment for the final semester.
Instruments of a Beating Heart (2024)
Directed by Ema Ryan Yamazaki
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2024, Ayame, Big Drum, Ceremony, Final Semester, First Graders, Ode To Joy, Performance, Public Elementary School, Short Film, The Making Of A Japanese, Tokyo
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Subject: Documentary about children, Documentary about education, Documentary about music and musicians
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Instruments of a Beating Heart
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