Blue Spring
AREN’T THERE SOME FLOWERS THAT NEVER BLOOM.
2001 · 1h 23m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Toshiaki Toyoda
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Blue Spring
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.
Director and cast
- Toshiaki Toyoda Director
- Ryuhei Matsuda as Kujo
- Hirofumi Arai as Aoki
- Sousuke Takaoka as Yukio
- Yusuke Oshiba as Kimura
- Yuta Yamazaki as Ohta
- Shugo Oshinari as Yoshimura
- Eita Nagayama as Obake / Ghost
- Kiyohiko Shibukawa as Kee (Leader of Rival School Gang)
- Takashi Tsukamoto as Freshman in Baseball Club
- Onimaru as Suzuki
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