Oppai barê (2009)

For the chance of seeing their teacher's "oppai". They took the challenge to win the volleyball tournament.

Director:

Eiichirô Hasumi

Writers:

Munenori Mizuno (based on the novel by), Yoshikazu Okada (screenplay)

Stars:

Haruka Ayase, Munetaka Aoki, Toru Nakamura

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Haruka Ayase	...	Mikako Terashima
Munetaka Aoki	...	Kazuki Jo
Toru Nakamura	...	Kenji Horiuchi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seiji Fukushi	...	Mikako's ex-boyfriend
Masaki Honjô	...	Kengo Sugiura
Yoshie Ichige	...	Wife of Mikako's mentor
Takuya Ishida	...	Senior on volleyball team
Haruki Kimura	...	Ikuo Hirata
Ryûichirô Megumi	...	Taku Eguchi
Ken Mitsuishi	...	Head Coach
Jinsei Morishita
Suzuka Ohgo	...	Mikako Terashima - high school
Yoshihiro Tachibana	...	Yoshiki Jo
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	Coach of men's volleyball team
Kent Takahashi	...	Yasuo Kusunoki

Storyline

For the chance of seeing their teacher's "oppai". They took the challenge to win the volleyball tournament.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

18 April 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Oppai Volleyball

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avex Entertainment, Horipro, Nippon Television Network (NTV)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Perfect lightheartedness

Perfect lightheartedness. The basic concept of a young teacher stumbling clumsily into a promise of flashing her boobs to the schools looser volleyball team if they will win, turns like a frog into a prince by a delicate script, sensitive directing and an Audrey Hepburn/Audrey Tautou kind of lead actress. The film doesn't lie about it's simplicity, but it deals with it in admirably good taste. It's by no means a American pie-(or worse)-clone, or even "ecchi", and has even a sort of 50'ish feel to it, which is quite an accomplishment given scene's like: A group of pupils are running uphill behind a bicycling teacher with a whistle, while yelling " tits,tits" as encouragement song. It's a warm hearted feel good comedy. Nothing more, nothing less, but very well done. The only minus point would be that beside the lead actress the other roles stay sketchy: Having an Audrey Hepburn, it misses a Cary Grant. Not as a romantic angle, the film doesn't have nor need that. It's about how to inspire adolescents in a teacher- pupil relationship, and having the heart in the right place.The lather is something the teacher needs to trust more as her core virtue, but she doesn't discover that by counter play based on character development in her pupils, her co-teacher,her ex boy-friend or, her principal, but by a side story about her past. In itself very sweet, but dramaturgically it keeps the film light and nostalgic, where it could have gained some depth. Neverteless it's an truly enjoyable movie. Such a pity that films like that often get underrated.