The Blue Bird
movie
View on VideBits →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 & crew
Hiroto Itô · Kenzaburô Iida · Ayumi Ito · Taiga Nakano · Osamu Shigematu · Hiroyuki Kishi · Hiroshi Abe · Kanata Hongo · Tsugumi Shinohara · Kenji Nakanishi · Riho Takada · Hajime Inoue · Yasuo Hasegawa · Kiyoshi Shigematsu