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Utatama (うた魂♪), also known as Sing, Salmon, Sing!, is a 2008 Japanese comedy film written and directed by Makoto Tanaka. The film stars Kaho and Gori in a story about a school choir competition and features music from Kōsaku Yamada, Yutaka Ozaki, Mongol800, and Gospellers. Nikkatsu released the film on April 5, 2008, in Japan.

Premise
Kasumi loves singing until she is given a photo of herself mid-song by a boy she likes. Embarrassed, she quits, but is later encouraged to rejoin by Hiroshi, the leader of a rival all-male choir. ==Cast==
Critical reception
Reviewing Utatama for The Japan Times, Mark Schilling gave the film three out of five stars, describing it as "closer to a straight-ahead seishun eiga (youth film)" compared to Swing Girls and highlighted its "big chorus competition" scene as "soul-stirring". ==References==
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