The Blue Bird

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 29, 2008

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Bandai Visual

Cast

Hiroshi Abe,Hiroto Itô,Ayumi Ito,Hajime Inoue,Moe Miura,Tsugumi Shinohara,Moe Arai,Hiroyuki Kishi,Kanata Hongo,Riho Takadaand 4 more

Director

Kenji Nakanishi

Writer

Kenzaburô Iida,Kiyoshi Shigematsu,Yasuo Hasegawa

Producer

Akira Moriya

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1313093