青い鳥 The Blue Bird (AOI TORI)

Profile

• Movie: The Blue Bird
• Romaji: Aoi Tori
• Japanese: 青い鳥
• Director: Kenji Nakanishi
• Writer: Kiyoshi Shigematsu (novel)
• Producer: Shohei Kotaki
• Cinematography:
• Release Date: November 29, 2008
• Runtime: 105 min.
• Distributor: Nikkatsu
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Higashigaoka Junior High School is in turmoil as one of the pupils, Noguchi, who had been bullied, attempted suicide last term. On the first day of the new term, a substitute teacher arrives to take the second year class. When the teacher, Murauchi (Hiroshi Abe), introduces himself, the pupils are surprised by his stutter. He has a speech impediment. Unable to speak eloquently, Murauchi faces his pupils with ‘words of

truth’. His first instruction to the pupils is to return Noguchi’s desk and chair to the original place in the classroom. Every morning Murauchi greets the empty desk, “Good morning, Noguchi.” This causes a ripple beyond the classroom and among other teachers and parents, but Murauchi will not stop doing it. Eventually the day comes when Murauchi must leave.

Cast

Hiroshi Abe	Kanata Hongo	Ayumi Ito
Murauchi (teacher)	Shinichi Sonobe	Shimazaki (teacher)

Additional Cast Members:

Hajime Inoue - Mr. Ishino Osamu Shigematu - Mr. Miyazaki Hiroyuki Kishi - Mr. Koizumi Taiga Moe Arai Shuta Aoki Yuko Araki Mina Horita Nao Ishizaki Hiroto Ito Moe Karasawa Shohei Kawakami Takuya Koizumi Yuya Marufuji Ryo Minami Moe Miura

Misuki Mizushima Natsuki Mizushima Akiko Nagayasu Seiko Nakahara Tomi Nakaho Chiharu Numazawa Ayaka Obata Yuki Obayashi Tsugumi Shinohara Tatsuya Suzuki Riho Takagi Yuki Takagi Kazuhiro Yamaga Kazuya Yamazaki Yu Yoshida Shion Hatakeyama

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