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The Blue Bird (2008)

★ 5.6/10 105 min Drama, Family Japan Japanese
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Description

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.

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Top Cast

Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe Mr. Murachi
Kanata Hongo
Kanata Hongo Shinichi Sonobe
Ayumi Ito
Ayumi Ito Ms. Shimazaki
Hajime Inoue
Hajime Inoue Mr. Ishino
Osamu Shigematu Mr. Miyazaki
Hiroyuki Kishi
Hiroyuki Kishi Mr. Koizumi
Taiga Nakano
Taiga Nakano Inoue Takeshi
Tsugumi Shinohara Takagi Sunae

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