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Blue Spring

Blue Spring

20017.11h 23m

Overview

Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.

Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda
Written by Toshiaki Toyoda, Taiyō Matsumoto
Produced by Dai Miyazaki
Box OfficeBudget: $500KRevenue: $1.0M

Top Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda

Ryuhei Matsuda

Kujo

Hirofumi Arai

Hirofumi Arai

Aoki

Sousuke Takaoka

Sousuke Takaoka

Yukio

Y

Yusuke Oshiba

Kimura

Yuta Yamazaki

Yuta Yamazaki

Ohta

Shugo Oshinari

Shugo Oshinari

Yoshimura

Eita Nagayama

Eita Nagayama

Obake / Ghost

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kee (Leader of Rival School Gang)

Takashi Tsukamoto

Takashi Tsukamoto

Freshman in Baseball Club

Onimaru

Onimaru

Suzuki

Themes & Keywords

high schoolsuicidenihilismviolence in schoolscoming of ageschoolbased on mangabrutalityemptinessaggressivejapanese high schooljuvenile delinquencyhigh school gangsystemic corruptionyouthunderdogs and coming of agechaos schoolapathetic school

About Blue Spring

Blue Spring is a drama film released in 2001 exploring themes of high school, suicide, nihilism, violence in schools, coming of age, school. Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda, it stars Ryuhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sousuke Takaoka. Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.

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