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Blue Spring

Ryuhei Matsuda

Hirofumi Arai

Sousuke Takaoka

Yusuke Oshiba

Yuta Yamazaki

Shugo Oshinari

Eita Nagayama

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Takashi Tsukamoto

Onimaru

Kyoko Koizumi

Mame Yamada

Ōmiya Ichi

Rei Yamanaka

Erena

Toshiaki Toyoda

Taiyō Matsumoto

Mototaka Kusakabe

Mitsuo Harada

Hideaki Satô

Kiyoshi Kakizawa

Dai Miyazaki

Norimichi Kasamatsu

Call Me Dunham

A symbolic and cold coming-of-age film.
It subtly yet powerfully portrays the existential emptiness of youth, delving into the struggles and hollowness of adolescence through the lens of a high school student trapped in a chaotic, lawless, and violence-ridden environment.

Toshiaki Toyoda delivers a stark critique of an educational system that, rather than guiding and nurturing its students toward a better future, becomes complicit in their disillusionment.

Blue Spring is not your typical teenage film.
It’s a bleak poem about a generation growing up with no future, no direction, and no light. Watching it left me hollow—not because the film is empty, but because Kujo’s friends disappear one by one, like fresh leaves falling before they’ve even turned yellow.

Among all the characters, Kujo feels the most human.
He is calm, but that doesn’t mean he’s at peace. Beneath his cold exterior, his mind is filled with uncertainty. He wants to change, to grow, and maybe to live beyond mere survival. Amidst all the lost youths, Kujo is the only one who seems to be searching for direction—even if he’s still unsure where that is.

For me, the film’s peak lies in the tension between Kujo and Aoki, two once-close friends who drift apart as their paths diverge. It’s in this fracture that Blue Spring reveals its darkest truth: not all growth happens together, and not all friendships last through every direction life takes.

What struck me most is the way the school—supposed to shape a future— ends up a dim, guidance-less space filled with violence. It’s not just social critique; it’s a quiet scream against a system that fails to form human beings. A portrait of children growing up in a broken world, many of whom fade away simply because they weren’t strong enough to withstand it.

Visually and directionally, the film is poetic yet brutal— like a punk song whispered through cracked walls. The world depicted is nihilistic, yet strangely beautiful, like watching flowers bloom through broken concrete.

Blue Spring is a coming-of-age tale etched with scars.
Through Kujo, I glimpsed a faint hope trying to survive amid the moral and societal rubble. The film left me speechless long after the credits rolled, forcing me to reflect:
Are we destined to submit to a broken system?
Or can we learn to grow from within it, even as it collapses around us?

Blue Spring (2001) - Duel scene

Blue Spring (2001) - School Bathroom Chase Scene

Blue Spring (2001) – Making of

Blue Spring 青い春 2001 - Modern Trailer HD

Timelapse scene (Blue spring 2001)

Yukio guitar scenes (Blue spring 2001)

Blue Spring (2001) - best scene

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The Beauty of Blue Spring (2001)

Blue Spring (2001) | opening scene

blue spring (青い春) 2001 | ending scene

Blue Spring (2001) Trailer | Ryûhei Matsuda | Hirofumi Arai

Blue Spring 青い春 original trailer

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Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda

Hirofumi Arai

Sousuke Takaoka

Yusuke Oshiba

Yuta Yamazaki

Shugo Oshinari

Eita Nagayama

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Takashi Tsukamoto

Onimaru

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