Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Hiroshi Abe to play stuttering teacher in "Aoi Tori (Blue Bird)"

by Chris MaGee

Hirsohi Abe who most of you might remember as the flamboyant magician in Gen Sekiguchi's "Survive Style 5+" will be taking on the role of a stuttering teacher who takes on the issue of school bullying in Japanese schools in "Aoi Tori (Blue Bird)". Based on the novel by Naoki Prize winning author Kiyoshi Shigematsu whose work has been previously adapted to the big screen by Sabu for his 2005 film "Dead Run" while director Nobuhiko Obayashi is currently adapting Shigematsu's bestseller Sono Hi no Mae ni" with Kiyotaka Nabara and Hiromi Nagasaku.

No other cast or a release date for "Aoi Tori" have been announced yet. Thanks to Tokyograph for the report.

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