Burakkubōdo

Burakkubōdo
Directed byKaneto Shindō
Written byKaneto Shindō
Produced by
  • Dokichi Takashima
  • Masaya Endo
  • Jirō Shindō
Starring
CinematographyYoshiyuki Miyake
Edited byMitsuo Kondo
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
company
Regional Culture Promotion Association
Distributed byKindai Eiga Kyokai
Release date
  • 17 September 1986 (1986-09-17) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
110 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Burakkubōdo (ブラックボード)[a] is a 1986 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.[1][2]

Plot

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student, is found dead in the river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns out to have been murdered by two of his schoolmates, who he had been bullying.

Cast

  • Terutake Tsuji as Takeshi Yasui
  • Ichirō Zaitsu as the school principal
  • Nobuko Otowa as Yasui's mother
  • Taiji Tonoyama as the bird watcher

Notes

  1. ^ The film's original title "ブラックボード" (romanised "Burakkubōdo") is a Japanese loanword of the English "Blackboard".

References

  1. ^ a b "Burakkubōdo". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Burakkubōdo". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 August 2023.