Canon in D by Pachelbel - a moving Japanese commercial

A commercial by Tosando Music of Japan that went viral and inspired many adults to learn to play the piano at home. TEDx Talk: • Learn Hao To Play the ... Books at amazon.com/author/jeffhao

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Broke my heart as it always reminds me of my wife before she died, We both 32 at the time, I am now 63 never remarried and think of her every single day. Love can really hurt and leave you feeling so lonely at times.

[@OnepieceofRivia]

I amcarbonandotherbits. Wow

[@lexie02jones25]

May her soul rest in peace.

[@si7273]

My heart hurts for you and I commend you for being so strong. I can't imagine. It's so hard to find something so wonderful and have to let go. The tightest hug around you. ❤️

[@aminahgoldsmith3912]

God bless you 🙏

[@CL-mp4vn]

I truly think your wife would be very happy to see you find more love and be happy again. Why "more love", because you don't have to forget your wife nor stop loving her. But you should give the new, lucky lady your true love and treat her right, not like the replacement.

[@attackontitan8769]

00:00 (Announcement) "Father of the Bride will send a music message to the Bride." 00:30 Groom "I'm surprised that your father can play the piano." 00:57 Bride "Stop it." 01:09 Bride "Stop it plz..." 01:13 Bride "The song is...Why you play it..."(Past scene, Bride's mother played CANON when Bride was a child.) 01:35 Bride "Unskilled..." 01:45 Bride "Play gently at the part..." 01:55 (Funeral scene, holding the remains of Bride's mother.) 02:05 (After Bride's mother was dead, Bride fell out with her father.) 02:13 Bride "Though you are awkward..." 02:48 Bride "You can do it..." 02:54 Bride "You can do it." 02:59 Bride "You can do it, Dad...!" 03:12 (Message) Music is able to surpass Word. Excuse poor English, I'm Japanese.

[@hyunsookim4250]

Thank you for translation. Your English is good.

[@attackontitan8769]

Thx! xD

[@androswolf]

Thank you for taking your time to translate this touching story for us. And your english is quite fine actually !

[@cathbally8767]

Merci pour cette traduction en anglais que j'ai traduite en français. En fait, comprendre le japonais n'était pas vraiment indispensable pour comprendre cette touchante vidéo et l'amour de cet homme pour sa femme et sa fille.

[@cipopol8110]

thanks mate

[@mikeifyouplease]

The beauty of the video is the fact that the father can NOT play the piece perfectly, but he is trying very hard for the love of his daughter and her mother.

[@Rhythmicons]

I don't speak Japanese but this was so well directed, no one needs to to understand it.

[@davey3765]

If you thought you understood this then get some damn sleep a get off the computer good lord gurl. I rewatched it again and it just SUX., LOL I mean It aint good worth a shize-ne... Knaw mena?

[@Rhythmicons]

​@@davey3765 I'm sorry for you that your intellectual capacity has left you paralyzed.

[@THEBIGGAME683]

@@davey3765 homo not sapeien you are

[@raoulduke344]

@@Rhythmicons nice pfp.

[@adiputraselamat8448]

A father may not be perfect, but will love his daughter perfectly.

[@jdavid50]

Wise.

[@polritidur]

Wong indo

[@dannobles8028]

Commerical??? There was more emotion in this than most Hollywood movies. We need more 'commercials' like this!!!

[@PurpleObscuration]

I'd watch the move just for the commercials.

[@tekkenfan01]

Wrong, hollyw is great, u suc

[@MarieElenaCambria1]

@dominic amoe you are sick. You heart is sick. Hollywood is run by the radical left not Jews you moron.

[@timmygalman4107]

@dominic amoe correction, it's run by far left liberals who poisoned people mind believing bible is just a novel.

[@xuansonhapo1234]

To burn 3 mins on each commercial? wtf

[@periloustimes4439]

I don't understand the language but I understand the heart.

[@GeneralFrancisXHummel]

Man, there is more feeling in this ad than in half of cinema's history

[@THEBIGGAME683]

@SteuerInnenzahler da fucl, a veteran just want to nuke china!

[@MCOult]

You don't need to understand the words to understand the love.

[@jonjon825]

Watching that lonely old man trying his best, warms your heart and fills you with determination.

[@MamabearXX]

The love of a father for his daughter is beyond words. When our two girls were little I told my husband the Japanese proverb that "A father is only as happy as his saddest daughter" and for 39 years he has known it to be true. This commercial also tells us that the best gift to give is not 'stuff' but of ourselves.

[@seraphthecreator]

Screen shot this for it's profound tutoring

[@pianosince30]

音楽は誰がどんな想いで演奏してるかでこんなにも感動できるんだなと思った 上手くなくても美しいと感じる

[@lesbrown9338]

I'm 80 years old and way too old for tears, but here they are.

[@Nello353]

You,re never too old for tears I am 88 and tear up at any truly beautiful piece.

[@bandaid.bandit]

@@Nello353 I'm 104 and I cry too

[@VirandoaMesaBoardgames]

I'm 127 and I'm crying like an 80 year-old baby.

[@folky3972]

@@VirandoaMesaBoardgames im 247 and yall are too young

[@MrShtekman]

im dead but im crying n shaking rn

[@CL-mp4vn]

My favorite part is when he hit the wrong note 2:38 , he stops, stares at the sheet, then goes back and corrects it while the bride encourages him in quiet. My tears roll down

[@leehaelters6182]

The deadpan look on father's face, which is somehow, incredibly conveying powerful emotion nonetheless, gets to me as much as the tiny expression clues playing all over the daughter's (and then bride's) face during the story.

[@thedolphin5428]

So veeeery Japanese, that need to get it absolutely right, even by admitting one's flaws and doing it again correctly, even in public. A very touching piece of cultural realism.

[@Jmdrony]

Of course, this is the crucial moment of the video sequence, when the father makes a mistake. He tries again and his daughter changes her attitude, encouraging her father. For me, the most important moment that makes me cry is when she simulates with the fingers of her right hand the typing of missed notes on the piano keyboard to help her father. It sanctifies the newfound communion between father and daughter

[@bpindermoss]

This ain't even fair...I'm a man, 46 years of karate training, but I remember my mom playing the upright piano, and I weep at the beauty of the grief expressed here.

[@YuAngTan]

I don't recall any karate training about not grieving... :')

[@adamdamiri4823]

Osu senpai! It's okay to cry even if you are the strongest karateka, my dear sir ( ^o^)/

[@ut000bs]

I don't speak Japanese but I do speak human. I know what happened here. Remember, darling. Your father loves you and he always will no matter what happens or what is said.

[@KAH5371]

I normally hate commercials, but this one is perfection. You don't need to understand Japanese to understand the message here. Thank you, Tosando Music and HaoStaff Official, for making and sharing this most beautiful and touching commercial. It made me cry.

[@francesdianneendaya3446]

I can understand the story as well as the language. The song Canon in D by Pachelbel was originally should be played with Violin but can also be played with Piano. The story begins is that the girl is getting married with the boy and her father played Canon in D as a gift and memory of her dead mother who played the same song as well when she was young and before she died. When her mother died, she didn't talked to her father that much and abandoned playing the piano. The father understands her daughter so he tried to learn the song that his wife used to play. It was a gift for his daughter. Canon in D is hard to play in the piano unless you really ant to play it plus it is not really arranged for piano but for violin. Music has meaning and also it gives a letter to a person. Piano is one of the best musical instruments I can describe, I know this because I play the piano as well.

[@mayvellinenewyork8376]

Thanks! You made me understand it.

[@phoghat]

Frances Dianne Endaya Thank you

[@susosi]

Frances Dianne Endaya another long comment to my list that i read xD

[@zamboface]

Frances Dianne Endaya Thank you. Makes it that much more beautiful.

[@francesdianneendaya3446]

It's the most beautiful music I heard than all Etudes, Sonatas, Symphonies and Concertos

[@johnb9005]

No need to understand Japanese to understand this commercial. The bride's father learned to play Canon in D for his daughter's wedding as a tribute to his late wife and her playing this piece when their daughter was a child. This is a tearjerker, especially with the photo of her mother on top of the piano. 😪

[@sabin97]

that part with errors near the end is extremely important.

[@free322001]

Ya think?

[@fredholland1169]

I've been watching this every so often for the past two or three years. I have no understanding of the Japanese language, but I understand pain, suffering and forgiveness. I understand loss, and how it can leave you feeling so isolated and alone. And I understand the power of music to move us through the heartache. Gives us an outlet for it and builds a bridge between people who so need to connect. I am so grateful that a Japanese music company made such a commercial.

[@geraq0]

One of the best commercial I've ever seen my life. I didn't understood a single word, but this proves that words aren't needed to tell a beautiful story.

[@geraq0]

Thanks!

[@nicolasbdl8369]

geraq Im event not Japenese but I almost undersood more than the half of what they saying :p

[@geraq0]

My point exactly, that language goes beyond words.

[@shaheershahee5612]

geraq malayalamsex

[@YSFmemories]

lol the ad literally says "music goes beyond words" at the end.

[@Suuu_snr_mtd]

これ、いつみてもまじで泣ける。

[@marcinvernizzi3184]

I came across it by chance and I can't explain why it made me cry. It is a simple message but a very powerful one. Changed my day

[@kaydee9583]

It made you cry because you understand love

[@snippetsofvictoria]

You don't need to understand a single word of Japanese to understand this video.

[@ariochiv]

+Victoria C (Life of Vi) Exactly... the spoken dialogue is completely extraneous.

[@intothenight5932]

music = universal language :)

[@xiang4485]

Victoria C yup I understand and I don’t even know japanese

[@cap1900]

Yes, so true.

[@vkrisz81]

well.. yes . you dont have to understand spoken words in this video, or maybe.. yes you have to. you must! there may be videos where you must understand everything, listen everything.. you can not let miss any.. because all moments are as a jewel, and you dont want to miss any of them. so i can understand who wants to understand those few words TOO! because with those words is complete the expirience. and nothing can be acceptable to miss something of the whole!

[@scottlang7271]

Incredibly moving. Somehow this is kind, gentle and yet savagely heartbreaking all at the same time....

[@kaydee9583]

beautifully worded

[@carmenfischer8969]

¹¹¹¹¹ hatte ¹

[@arisa6061]

Father is showing his love with music, and the daughter finally understand his father love her so much. And why my eyes are wet?

[@senorkame]

何度見ても泣けてくる

[@user-uu5ei1tc3f]

senorkame 僕も

[@danieldelatorre-1153]

😢

[@danieldelatorre-1153]

Is Not Cry

[@cardanomm3194]

Wow this moved me to tears. I do not speak Japanese, but I understood the pain of both the father and the daughter through the loss of his wife and her mother, and the affect it had on their relationship. this classical tune let her on her wedding day know that her dad has always loved her but never had the ability to tell her whilst she was growing up motherless . Music is so powerful, it can speak louder than words and can be understood globally no matter what your mother tongue is.

[@treelover4615]

Bravo, to whomever produced this commercial. Powerful.

[@peechykern9705]

Well said

[@user-dl5uf1il6o]

たまに見にくるけど、やっぱ泣くわ

[@Rikki0]

Now that is a commercial you do NOT want to miss for a bathroom break.

[@maco21488]

I also play just one song for only one person. Since the day she's gone away, I tried to learn to play the song she loves. I play it every year on the day she's gone I'm so moved by this commercial.

[@kou5479]

she said at the beginning "stop, stop it" but i lost it and started to cry when she said "you can do it, you can do it father!"

[@haku6078]

眠ろうとして何気なく聞いたら泣けちゃって困りました。

[@alexwong8076]

I fought back my tears time and again when I watched this video clip. But it helps to waken my long forgotten senses of living.

[@alexandervowles3518]

This is a frightening reminder of what the future holds for me. When my mother and father die, all that's left will be memories.

[@souravsuresh2766]

Even though canon in d is approximately 350 years old, it is still a heart breaking and unforgettable piece

[@aikicricri]

+Sarca Smman Johann Pachelbel 1653 - 1708

[@TheSamuel9464]

Honestly the thing about canon is that it can be applied to so many things (Happy moments, sad moments, hopeful moments, ect)

[@hoangnguyenminh1901]

White supreme

[@awxlynnblueberry536]

Its know 353(4)

[@dawnchamling5710]

'nice and pleasant' may sound too simple but that's how i feel when i listen to Canon in D by Pachelbel

[@jeffhills3025]

Canon is one of my favourite pieces and this video just gave it a whole new depth, beautiful and meaningful.

[@binhminh417]

Human emotion is beyond the language barrier. I couldn't stop crying for the father. Meaningful commercial!

[@gotaigo]

What an amazing and moving commercial; magnificent achievement in such short time. Most movies in an hour and a half can't come near. Bravo.

[@montageandmontage]

ive seen this so many times and i still cry every time

[@megan2478]

I don't speak a word of Japanese...but the translation wasn't needed...obviously it was a father who lost his wife and a distance grew between him and his daughter. So he learned the song his wife would often play on the piano when his daughter was younger so he could play it at her wedding. That was a beautiful, moving commercial.

[@aartlukaart463]

Thanks ! You dare to describe the sad Obvious story.

[@firenguyen517]

My chef is cutting the onion at the restaurant again.

[@Corinthian44]

Absolutely charming , I love the dignified way Japanese people do things !

[@yummyllama9079]

i love commercials that is worth to be watched because in everytime you see this kind of commercial has a lesson about life and it makes you cry for a good reason. But some other commercials are just a waste of time doing stupidly unfunny commercials. I salute to people out there who experienced this emotional and hardworking tragedy to there life :)

[@cheungfungchan5593]

You know it's a good ad when you know the whole story without even knowing any Japanese.

[@av8rschannel397]

As a father of two girls, I totally get this. Thank you. It’s not just what you say to convey love, it’s what you do.

[@dougburright7275]

I was crying because I saw how it was acted, and the music/story broke my heart. Wow. Thanks.

[@Herman47]

I had no idea that the Pachelbel could have such a strong impact on people's lives.

[@laurencelance586]

Symbols are like that. Here is another example; If you were married and you wore a wedding ring, could I tell about the quality of your marriage by looking at that ring? Obviously, no. But what would looking at that ring mean to you? You would remember the first time you saw her, the first kiss. Memories of ten thousand things would flood all through you...from looking at a simple piece of metal.

[@soundknight]

The picture of the wife on the piano at the end got me.

[@geoffankrett7012]

If you've lost someone close to you it's easy to understand 👏👏👏

[@gizelop8481]

I don"t speak Japanese but this made me teary eyed and I'm a man, It's so beautiful a daughter's heart being touched by his love. Wish it had English subtitles

[@thisisajang]

When language presents you with the barrier, the music will provide you with understanding.... (here I am, crying my heart out at 3 am in the morning)

[@benmarxxshow]

OMG, dude. My eyes started watering at 1 minute, 15 seconds. I couldn't finish it in one sitting.

[@gotaigo]

I must add that the “daughter” actress sold it for me. She did an incredible job!

[@Mei-st5bq]

it was a way to bring her mother to the wedding, a song she used to play when bride was a kid,

[@marcaromin2315]

Everytime I watch this. Someone cuts onions beside me. Always picks a time when I watch stuff like this.

[@utk8842]

If I were a guest at this wedding, might have been crying even more than now

[@Phoenix-gp5bg]

He played this beautifully with his heart ❤️

[@luisabarca7363]

From Australia (and South America, too). Superb, elegant, touching, clever. I am an old man who has a constant war with the crassness and stupidity of modern TV advertisement. This video is a total reivindication. The idea, the script, the scene, the cinematography, the acting, the music and the mood. Thanks you all... Japanese culture is so refined, delicate and strong at the same time.

[@user-qq7fs9ir5u]

えーなにこれ！ 泣いちゃう

[@richardkroll2269]

That's one of my favorite musical compositions and the tears were rolling down my cheeks.Gut wrenching commericial. Well done Tosando.

[@BigfistJP]

Maybe the best commercial I have ever seen.

[@LargestClassifieds]

Music never stops. True parental love is eternal.

[@starfocus8818]

Awaiting for​ the​ second episode

[@mothertree]

Dad played it so mom could be there too may God bless you all.I miss you,Dad

[@majorcalvary6515]

The bride is so pretty, and her tears and sadness are so genuine. I can only imagine how sentimental she would be.

[@namidanokiss1748]

お父さんが席を立ってピアノに向かう時点で泣く俺です。

[@latenight3111]

"Try your best, dad...you can do it" Sweets words.

[@Jen18lol]

yup, cying my eyes out, i'm walking down the aisle to this song in 2 weeks.

[@AvieAzie00]

omg! congratulations! i want this song to play at my wedding too! :)

[@naryanchandra9393]

saniliyan

[@alaiynafletcher785]

Jen Loring awwwwwwwwww how sweet

[@AnilSingh-ij3ew]

You must have childrens now ! It's been 3 years .

[@user-hn1xu7cv5j]

もうこれは泣く😭 感動的すぎる

[@jamesreardon6101]

Shinyu

[@bavellino522]

One of the most moving manifestations of the song ever seen. Crying is almost essential along with watching the video. Love u Z. Thanks for always playing this on the piano for me. I'll never forget.

[@jacklucas7265]

Very powerful expression of the loss they both have suffered. I think only those of us who have lost a parent in our early youth can feel the pain of these two.

[@ronaldpellet854]

That’s a true gift of love covering the past to present. Yes it’s a commercial still darn good

[@hallna]

夜中に大泣きしたじゃないかっ！ 朝起きたら目がブッ腫れちゃうだろっ😭😭😭 母親が早くに亡くなって父親しかいなくてまさに動画と同じで、それでも嫁に出てから14年経ったのに何だこの感情はっ！ くそぅくそぅ、実家帰りたいぜ😭😭😭

[@steampunknoodles]

Add me on line

[@user-yx3fj2cq4c]

父ちゃんに電話しろ、今すぐ！！

[@WarpRulez]

I can't understand why I'm crying watching this.

[@hiznam]

This is Tosando's CM.Tosando is Company of Morioka Iwate Japan.

[@irajayrosen4792]

So moving. I did not need a translation. The father learned to play the piano do he could play the favorite piano piece of his late wife at his daughter's wedding. I cried for happy.

[@namatin]

Okayyy, it inspire me to play piano tiles again...

[@wanfreezz5998]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@vitoriabarnekow7815]

😂😂😂

[@coshiro1]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

[@diana12291]

Huan jr ~

[@triputriataupah7649]

Same here 😂 I always play this on piano tiles

[@JesseOaks-ef9xn]

This commercial always brings me to tears. The actors, the writers, and everyone involved deserve an award.

[@hotforteacher7540]

my guess is the mother use to play when the daughter was young and had passed. The father then learn how to play it at her wedding that's why she's crying. The memory of her mom.

[@esdeseog3366]

That feels so heart warming even in this heavy storm weather i now neither feel cold nor depressed cause of the gloomy cloud outside

[@papalee645]

Think I've wet my eyes..with all the emotions and love for his daughter and his (Lt.)wife..it really rips my heart..

[@the_marlin3781]

He invited his wife, her mother to the wedding. Memories can be very powerful things.

[@sehpianist2369]

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[@gotaigo]

What a brilliant commercial; it did more in minutes what big Hollywood production movies couldn’t ever deliver!

[@abbyh1943]

Their timing is much slower and nuanced. Rethink the scene where he pauses before starting playing - by drawing it out, it pulls you in.

[@jackroark6928]

SO powerful! BRAVO! to the director/writer of this video...and the actress that plays the bride.

[@marukchozt6744]

Rough translation Host - Everyone, may I have your attention please. Here we have our bride's father Mr. Yasuhiro with a message to share. Mr. Yasuhiro, please, the moment is yours. Bridegroom - Dad can play the piano? [The bride shakes her head] Bride's thought - stop... this song... why? - Troublesome, this part is supposed to be more charming than this... - You used to be unacomplished (expresses how she's surprised and indicates that she blamed the loss of the lady, likely her mom, on him) - [shocked by the sudden pause] eh? - [piano continues] stay with it... keep it up... keep it up, dad! Words on the black background - music is able to surpass words.

[@willmartin7293]

Thank you for the translation. It was very helpful.

[@ICeyCeR3Al]

oh i remember seeing this a while back. So happy i found it again. It is the best ad i have ever watched. Thank you for the upload ^.^

[@cholman4248]

What an incredible, loving thing to do. What a tribute to her Mother. Love it.

[@ianlupin9649]

It make me cry, our parents will do everything just to make us happy no matter how hard it is, love and respect your parents

[@chaseroberts3111]

The Japanese are so good at establishing agreat little story

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Thank you all for your kind and insightful comments they brought tears to my eyes. Knowing that So many caring people out there took the time to comfort me with their understanding blew me away.

[@Sassafras30]

This left me in tears! So beautiful.

[@HCsailingon]

Watching this first thing on a Saturday morning totally ruins my day. And I don't regret it.

[@Sk31370]

Just lost my father a couple months ago, and the last thing he tried to do is to get closer to us. Althought I cant understand the words, this message was so clear and strong, it brought me tears.

[@leehaelters6182]

Condolences to you and your family, Alex. And prayers for your dad. You will sit with him again, one day. "Attackon Titan" and another commentor have posted English translations.

[@Sk31370]

@@leehaelters6182 ty

[@kelvinsun6447]

Thanks a lot. This is truly touching and beautiful!

[@haukepowers8491]

very touching..i had tears flowing down my cheeks...so heartfelt...

[@ritamorris2352]

So moving, I am in tears. Commercial is all about love and family. So beautifully done. Thank you. Take ❤ care

[@phtan9046]

Watched this commercial again on my birthday morning, felt so emotional and made me cry.... again ;) Sep 08th Happy birthday to me

[@gladyslustgirdle3004]

And I trust that you did, indeed, have a Happy Birthday. May you have, and enjoy, many more!

[@catmandude1800]

I've seen this possibly several dozen times by now. I'm a widower going on twelve years. It reminds me of not only my dear, late wife , but so many other people as well. Beautiful.

[@ThyBountyHunter]

I don't know Japanese but this shows that a story can be told in one language that all can understand music.

[@afungbai]

I am an adult man and I burst my tears each time watching this ads video... never fail to makes me crying like a baby.