Those Snow White Notes

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Matsugorou Sawamura is a shamisen player of legendary talent. Upon his death, his grandson, Setsu Sawamura, lost his ability to play. Having lost his beloved sound, Setsu finds himself in Tokyo in search of a new sound to love. Tachiki Yuna, who works at a club, hooks him up with a gig to play there as a warm up act. Setsu imbues the sound of his shamisen with his many thoughts and feelings he has of others, still searching for his own sound and his own feelings.

After losing his musical spark following a legendary grandfather's death, a grieving shamisen player wanders Tokyo searching for a new reason to play. This delicate animation captures the quiet ache of artistic loss through every plucked string and lonely city street.