“Sakura no Ame” is a song viewed more than 4.2 million times in “niconico” video sharing website in Japan. After the release of the song by Vocaloid-virtual-idle Hatsune Miku, this heart touching song became a standard for graduations and now it has become a live-action movie. The story is based on a best seller novel “Sakura no Ame” (PHP Institute, February 2012) which 200 thousand copies are printed and was inspired by the song itself. Many characters such as teachers and students seen in the story are inspired by the song sung by a 16 year-old high school student, Vocaloid, Hatsune Miku.

小さな町の高校。 17歳の未来が所属する合唱部の顧問の先生が退職することになり、部員たちは最後のコンクールで金賞を目指す。 だが練習は厳しく、部員の気持ちはバラバラに。 大好きな仲間と一緒に歌うことを願う未来は、皆の心をひとつにしようと奮闘し……