Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (アイスと雨音, Aisu to Amaoto) is a 2017 Japanese drama film directed by Daigo Matsui.

[1] The story centers on a director and cast of six teens rehearsing a small-town Japanese production of the play "Morning", by Simon Stephens, which does not go as planned.

[2] Matsui, who is also the head of a theatre company, had one of his planned plays canceled two months before its opening: "I have never experienced such a rage before ...

[1][2][4] Matsui put out a casting call that was open to junior and senior high school students, regardless of background, saying, "It doesn't matter if you've never acted before.

Matsui had trouble finding an actress for the lead role, with Kokoro Morita, who plays the protagonist, being chosen last.