A piano prodigy loses his mind, finds crime, then forgets it all—classical music's weirdest redemption arc.
A young man raised in an orphanage receives special education for gifted children on the piano in preparation for taking place in an international contest. However, because of the stress and pressure, he passes out while performing for the final screening. Because of this trauma, he no longer can go near the piano. When that boy collapses in a park, he's rescued by a man. The months and years pass, and the two have become acknowledged members of a certain underground conglomerate. One day the young man is involved in a drive by shooting and loses his memory, then turns back to the piano and begins to perform beautifully..... A musical in which the protagonist is wrapped in trauma, that follows him until he is determined to search for his path in life, with his friend as an axis, and the distractions of his feelings for the many women he loses his heart to.
Acting
Takarazuka performers serve drama with a side of camp.
Direction
Haruhiko mashes crime thriller with musical theatre somehow.
Score
Piano as character, trauma, and redemption device.
Director
Masatsuka Haruhiko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Takarazuka Revue's all-female troupe playing male roles (otokoyaku) creates layered gender performance—Alistair's fragility hits different.
Director Masatsuka Haruhiko rarely worked outside Takarazuka; this film adaptation preserves the stage's heightened emotion for cinema.
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