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Blue Spring (青い春, Aoi haru) is a 2002 Japanese youth drama film, written and directed by Toshiaki Toyoda and based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga of same title. It tells a tale of apathetic school students at a run-down Tokyo high school for boys. It was released on June 29, 2002.
The film title can be understood as "inexperienced years" or teenage years, but it also can be understood as "fresh start". According to manga artist Taiyō Matsumoto, the title is intended as a play on irony.
Original Release
11/23/2001
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ryuhei Matsuda | Kujo |
| Hirofumi Arai | Aoki |
| Sôsuke Takaoka | Yukio |
| Yûsuke Ôshiba | Kimura |
| Yuta Yamazaki | Ota |
| Shugo Oshinari | Yoshimura |
| Takashi Tsukamoto | Freshman in Baseball Club |
| Eita Nagayama | Obake (Ghost) |
| Erena | High-school girl |
| Nobuo Kyô |
Directors
Writers
Toshiaki Toyoda, Taiyô Matsumoto
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Ryuhei Matsuda | Kujo |
| Hirofumi Arai | Aoki |
| Sôsuke Takaoka | Yukio |
| Yûsuke Ôshiba | Kimura |
| Yuta Yamazaki | Ota |
| Shugo Oshinari | Yoshimura |
| Takashi Tsukamoto | Freshman in Baseball Club |
| Eita Nagayama | Obake (Ghost) |
| Erena | High-school girl |
| Nobuo Kyô | |
| Hiroyuki Kobayashi | |
| Kyôko Koizumi | Kiosk Woman |
| Onimaru | Suzuki |
| Kiyohiko Shibukawa | Leader of Rival School Gang (as Kee) / Leader of Rival School Gang |
| Mame Yamada | Hanada-sensei |
| Genta Dairaku | Guidance Counselor |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Dai Miyazaki | Producer |
