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Director:
Writers:
Toshiaki Toyoda (written by) and
Taiyo Matsumoto (comic strip)
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Release Date:
29 June 2002 (Japan) more
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Tagline:
No regrets for my youth
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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ryuhei Matsuda ... Kujo
Hirofumi Arai ... Aoki
Sosuke Takaoka ... Yukio
Yusuke Oshiba ... Kimura
Yuta Yamazaki ... Ota
Shûgo Oshinari ... Yoshimura
Takashi Tsukamoto ... Freshman in Baseball Club
Eita ... Obake (Ghost)
Onimaru ... Suzuki
Kiyohiko Shibukawa ... Leader of Rival School Gang (as Kee)
Kyôko Koizumi ... Kiosk Woman
Mame Yamada ... Hanada-sensei
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Erena ... High-school girl
Nobuo Kyô
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blue Spring (International: English title)
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Runtime:
83 min
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Kimura: No regrets for my youth. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Revolver - Aoi haru (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Black Limousine more

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the wonder years..., 7 April 2006
8/10
Author: penguinopolipitese from Canada

I'm told the title Aoi Haru can be read two ways: "blue spring" or "teenage years". Anyway, I liked this movie. What I liked were the dark aspects of this movie and the attempts at symbolism. What I didn't like was the somewhat aimlessness of the plot and the attempts at symbolism. I find it a lot like "go" which also has Hirofumi Arai (Aoki). Both violent highschool movies. Some people have compared it to Battle Royale... although I think this has a better basis in reality. Someone mentioned this movie was strung together from several short manga stories, which makes sense, since we tend to jump through several character's story lines. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, as we get to see where each character is coming from and where they end up. The variety is nice but it I felt like the movie lost it's focus at points. Overall, though, I felt it draws the viewer in and manages to stay kinetic throughout. There was rarely a boring moment. Even a girl waiting for her boyfriend ended up being very amusing. The movie is rather violent and disturbing at points, but managed to still be funny and introspective. I'd probably recommend it to people who can still remember what highschool was like.

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