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Liz and the Blue Bird

Liz and the Blue Bird

The truth will break your heart.

20187.51h 31m

Overview

In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.

Directed by Naoko Yamada
Written by Ayano Takeda, Reiko Yoshida
Produced by Shinichi Nakamura, Riri Senami, Eharu Ohashi
Box Office0Revenue: $737K

Top Cast

Atsumi Tanezaki

Atsumi Tanezaki

Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)

Nao Toyama

Nao Toyama

Nozomi Kasaki (voice)

Ayaka Asai

Ayaka Asai

Hazuki Katou (voice)

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Tomoyo Kurosawa

Kumiko Oumae (voice)

Chika Anzai

Chika Anzai

Reina Kousaka (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

Yuichi Nakamura

Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)

Conomi Fujimura

Conomi Fujimura

Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Noboru Taki (voice)

Shiori Sugiura

Shiori Sugiura

Ririka Kenzaki (voice)

Miyu Honda

Miyu Honda

Liz (voice)

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or bookfairy talebrass bandone-sided lovefemale friendshiphigh school friendsanimeschool clubgirls' love (gl)

About Liz and the Blue Bird

Liz and the Blue Bird is a animation, drama, music film released in 2018 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book, fairy tale, brass band, one-sided love, female friendship. Directed by Naoko Yamada, it stars Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai. In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.

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