The Blue Bird

November. 29,2008      
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Hiroshi Abe as  Mr. Murachi
Kanata Hongo as  Shinichi Sonobe
Ayumi Ito as  Ms. Shimazaki
Hajime Inoue as  Mr. Ishino
Hiroyuki Kishi as  Mr. Koizumi
Taiga Nakano as  Inoue Takeshi
Miu Arai as  Hayakawa Yuka
Riho Takada as  Chiba Reika
Hiroto Itô as  Maekawa Shugo
Yuko Araki as  Katayama Mai

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