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Sep 12, 2023 · Riku Onda’s Honeybees and Distant Thunder, the basis of a Japanese film a few years ago and newly translated by Philip Gabriel, begins when three of the judges first hear the beekeeper’s son audition in Paris and continues through to the end of the competition in Japan.
May 6, 2023 · Riku Onda’s “Honeybees and Distant Thunder” is a meandering ode to music, to the artists who create it and the nature that inspires it.
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Bees And Distant Thunder. Aya, Akashi, Masaru, and Jin are gifted for music, and they express their passion for music in their own way. To win the competition, they compete against each...
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Movie:Listen to the Universe (English title) / Honeybees and Distant Thunder (literal title)Romaji:Mitsubachi to EnraiJapanese:蜜蜂と遠雷Director: Kei Ishikawa4 young pianists Aya Eiden (Mayu Matsuoka), Akashi Takashima (Tori Matsuzaka), Masaru C Revy Anatoru (Win Morisaki) and Jin Kazama (Oji Suzuka) compete in the preliminary round of an international piano competition. Aya Eiden was known as a child prodigy for playing the piano, but her mother, who understood her the most, passed away. Aya Eiden then...
Based on novel "Mitsubachi to Enrai" by Riku Onda(published September 23, 2016 by Gentosha).Novel "Mitsubachi to Enrai" is the winner of the 156th Naoki Prize in 2016 and the 14th Japan Booksellers' Award in 2017.Filming begins late October and finishes mid-December, 2018.Additional Cast Members: 1. Asami Usuda- Machiko Takashima 2. Rila Fukushima- Jennifer Chang 3. Hidekazu Mashima 4. Hairi Katagiri 5. Ken Mitsuishi- Tadaaki Hishinuma 6. Mitsuru Hirata- Hiroshi Takubo 7. Andrzej Chyra - Nathanael Silverberg 8. Yuki Saito- Mieko Saga 9. Takeshi Kaga- Masayuki Onodera
Apr 27, 2023 · A paean to the power of music, Honeybees and Distant Thunder is an inspired novel about how art transforms people, and how it is transformed by their interpretations of it. Reviewed by Michelle Anne Schingler
Jun 10, 2023 · Honeybees and Distant Thunder by Riku Onda was a literary award-winner and million-copy bestseller in its native Japan. PHOTOS: TIMES, PRHUK
May 2, 2023 · Honeybees and Distant Thunder: A Novel. Hardcover – May 2, 2023. by Riku Onda (Author), Philip Gabriel (Translator) 102. See all formats and editions. THE MILLION-COPY AWARD-WINNING JAPANESE BESTSELLER. "Onda's rich descriptions capture often elusive topics—music and longing—and bring the classical repertoire to vivid life."
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