The Blue Bird-Aoi Tori

The Blue Bird



Profile

Movie:The Blue Bird(Aoi Tori)
Director:Kenji Nakanishi
Producer:Shohei Kotaki
Writer:Kiyoshi Shigematsu (based upon the novel),
Kenzaburô Iida (screenplay)
Release Date:November 29, 2008
Runtime :105 min.
Country:Japan
Language:Japanese

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 as Murauchi (teacher)
Kanata Hongo as Shinichi Sonobe
Ayumi Ito as Shimazaki (teacher)
Hajime Inoue as Mr. Ishino
Osamu Shigematu as Mr. Miyazaki
Hiroyuki Kishi as Mr. Koizumi


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