Burakkubōdo

Burakkubōdo (ブラックボード)^[a] is a 1986 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō.^[1][2]

Burakkubōdo
Directed by	Kaneto Shindō
Written by	Kaneto Shindō
Produced by	Dokichi Takashima Masaya Endo Jirō Shindō
Starring	Nobuko Otowa Taiji Tonoyama
Cinematography	Yoshiyuki Miyake
Edited by	Mitsuo Kondo
Music by	Hikaru Hayashi
Production company	Regional Culture Promotion Association
Distributed by	Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Release date	17 September 1986 (1986-09-17) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Plot

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student, is found dead in the river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns out to have been murdered by two of his schoolmates, who he had been bullying.

Cast

• Terutake Tsuji as Takeshi Yasui
• Ichirō Zaitsu as the school principal
• Nobuko Otowa as Yasui's mother
• Taiji Tonoyama as the bird watcher

Notes

1. The film's original title "ブラックボード" (romanised "Burakkubōdo") is a Japanese loanword of the English "Blackboard".