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The Blue Bird (2008)

The Blue Bird (2008)

Drama Family
Release Date: 2008, November 29
Directors: Kenji Nakanishi
Countries: Japan
Production: Bandai Visual
Cast: Osamu Shigematu, Kanata Hongo, Hajime Inoue, Ayumi Ito, Yuko Araki, Hiroshi Abe, Riho Takada, Taiga Nakano, Hiroto Itô, Moe Arai, Tsugumi Shinohara, Hiroyuki Kishi

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.