School Days with a Pig (2008)

Original title

ブタがいた教室

Directed by

Tetsu Maeda

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 49m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teacher and his elementary school class decide to raise a pig together. Over the course of a year, the children care for the animal and then must decide whether to send it to slaughter or save it.

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What happens

School Days with a Pig (Japanese: ブタがいた教室, Hepburn: Buta ga ita Kyōshitsu) is a 2008 Japanese drama film that is based on a true event that took place in an elementary school in Osaka Prefecture. The film is directed by Tetsu Maeda, and its story is based on a novel about the event by Yasushi Kuroda. Actor Satoshi Tsumabuki plays the lead role of the class teacher in this film. Additionally, this film stars 28 school children chosen by audition. School Days with a Pig was first screened at the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival, and it was subsequently released in Japanese cinemas on 1 November 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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