Teacher and Three Children (2008)

Original title

石内尋常高等小学校 花は散れども

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 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

A warm-hearted teacher at a rural elementary school in 1920s Japan inspires his students. Thirty years later, the former students gather to celebrate his retirement and reconnect with each other.

nostalgicgentlebittersweetreflectiveslow-pacedwarmmelancholicearthy

What happens

『石内尋常高等小学校 花は散れども』（いしうちじんじょうこうとうしょうがっこう はなはちれども）は、2008年公開の日本映画。新藤兼人が95歳にして監督と脚本を手がけた。 大正時代末期、広島県の山奥にある石内尋常高等小学校には、心優しい熱血教師・市川（柄本明）がいた。彼の元で育った生徒たちが戦争をはさんで30年後、石内村役場に勤める三吉（六平直政）の呼びかけにより同窓会を兼ねた市川の定年祝いに集結する。 卒業後に村を出て、現在は東京で売れない脚本家となっている良人（豊川悦司）は、恩師である市川や同級生の三吉、そして、当時互いに想いを寄せあっていたみどり（大竹しのぶ）と30年ぶりに再会を果たす。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.