Toshiaki Toyoda directs this moody examination of modern-day adolescence in Japan, a film based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto. Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, K...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 29, 2005
Stats: 159 reviews
Enjoyed this, in-school yakuza, takes bullying to an entire different level!
I loved the soundtrack by the way, fits the movie perfectly.
Coming-of-age dark tale.Now what's the importance around this 'hood?Toyoda describes in a very simple way the daily school upbringing of a bunch of neo-slackers and offers a primitive affiliation to their environment.A great film all in all.
Based on the fantastic manga, this is a gritty, surreal and downbeat film about high school. Saw this on Sept. 12, 2001 and unfortunately there was a plane in the film that the audience couldn't seem to get past, I'm sure everyone was thinking about very recent events, very unde...( read more)
i am a sucker or coming of age movies, but this one was better than most
"Blue Spring" is one of the most consistently malevolent and nihilistic movies I've ever seen. Set on a "campus" that looks like a dilapidated inner city block of council flats covered with twice as much graffiti as the toilets of the university where I work, it depicts the inten...( read more)
Toyoda as director, based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, with Ryuhei Matsuda acting like a bad boy in japanese uniform *am i dreaming or what?* <3
I can't find the words to describe how much I LOVED this film (as wll as EVERYTHING else of toyoda that I have seen).
Apparently, this is a look into today's youth in japan. Whether or not it is represented properly, it is still a very powerful film. The performances are top ...( read more)
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