Burakkubōdo (1986)

Original title

ブラックボード

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

In postwar Japan, a group of children struggle with poverty and family issues in a rural school. The film follows their daily lives and the efforts of their teacher to connect with them.

slow-burnmelancholicquietly intensereflectiveunderstatedvisually starkgrittysomber

What happens

Burakkubōdo (Japanese: ブラックボード), also known as Black Board, is a 1986 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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