Nodame Cantabile...

Synopsis

Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend's lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

Cast
Ueno Juri as Noda Megumi aka Nodame (Piano) 
Morisako Ei as young Nodame 
Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi (Piano/Violin/Conducting) 
Fujita Reo (藤田玲央) as young Chiaki 
Eita as Mine Ryutaro (Violin) 
Koide Keisuke as Okuyama Masumi (Timpani) 
Mizukawa Asami as Miki Kiyora (Violin) 
Saeko as Saku Sakura (Contrabass) 
Uehara Misa as Tagaya Saiko (Vocal) 
Takenaka Naoto as Franz Strezemann (Milch Holstein by Nodame) 
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Momodaira Minako 
Endo Yuya as Okochi Mamoru (Conducting) 
Iwasa Mayuko as Ishikawa Reina (Piano) 
Takase Yukina (高瀬友規奈) as Tanaka Makiko (Piano) 
Kondo Kouen as Tamaki Keiji (Clarinet) 
Sakamoto Makoto as Hashimoto Yohei (Oboe) 
Matsuoka Rinako as Suzuki Moe (Flute) 
Matsuoka Emiko as Suzuki Kaoru (Clarinet) 
Yamanaka Takashi as Iwai Kazushi (Contrabass) 
Kobayashi Kinako as Kinjo Shizuka (Viola) 
Fukada Aki as Inoue Yuki (Cello) 
Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Kanai Kento (Horn) 
Inoue Yoshiko (井上佳子) as Suganuma Saya (Vocal) 
Ibu Masato as Mine Tatsumi 
Nishimura Masahiko as Tanioka Hajime 
Toyohara Kosuke as Eto Kozo 
Shiraishi Miho as Eto Kaori 
Fukushi Seiji as Kuroki Yasunori (Rising Star: Oboe) 
Mukai Osamu as Kikuchi Toru (Rising Star: Cello] 
Hashizume Ryo as Kimura Tomohito (Rising Star: Violin) 
Namioka Kazuki as Katayama (Rising Star: Horn) 
Sakurai Chizu as Aizawa Maiko (Rising Star: Flute) 
Kimura Ryo as Takahashi Noriyuki (RS: Violin - new concert master) 
Kuroda Chieko as Miyoshi Seiko (Chiaki's mom) 
Hatano Hiroko as Kawano Keeko 
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Sakuma Manabu 
Kichise Michiko as Elise 
Ito Takahiro as Segawa Yuto (Nodame's childhood piano classmate) 
Ogawa Koki (小川光樹) as young Segawa 
Zdenek Macal as Sebastino Vieira 
John Hesse as Kyle Dune (Kiyora's professor) 
Manuel Doncel as Professor Auclair (Judge in Maradona Competition) 
Iwamatsu Ryo as Noda Tatsuo (Nodame's dad) 
Miyazaki Yoshiko as Noda Yoko (Nodame's mom) 
Betto Yuki (別當優輝) as Noda Yoshitaka (Nodame's brother) 
Eto Kansai (江藤漢斉) as Noda Saburo (Nodame's grandpa) 
Ohkata Hisako (大方斐紗子) as Noda Shizuyo (Nodame's grandma) 
Yashiba Toshihiro as Momogaoka teacher 
Masuda Keita  

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Moral Lesson: 

It needs a hardwork and a desire to make the dreams come through. Therefore, dream high as the sky is the limit. A perseverance character has to be in our heart. I learned that what we want if we are willingly to spend time and work wholeheartedly, we can achieve it the BEST. In this story, no matter if we are talented in playing the music; however, if we didn't play it ecstasy or nonchalant, it is useless. People judge our playing by heart. Although the chords and notes are perfect, people can still hear there's something wrong. Our "penjiwaan" toward the music is insufficient. Every notes that touches are carefully played that will produced different sound; and therefore, it should be played well.

Purposely, Stresemann made an orchestra composing new talented students that will be conducted by Chiaki. He believes that Chiaki can conduct this Rising Star Orchestra really well. Chiaki, a perfectionist, learns how to teach them slowly by slowly. Becoming a conductor, he learns a lot from the students, etc. Until then, he can really conduct the orchestra. Everyone in the orchestra really miss being conducted by him. Unfortunately, Chiaki and Nodame continue their study in Europe. 

It's a moved ending :')