# Blue Spring (2001)

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**Original title**: *青い春*
**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Toshiaki Toyoda
**Written by**: Toshiaki Toyoda
**Starring**: Ryuhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sousuke Takaoka, Yusuke Oshiba, Yuta Yamazaki, Shugo Oshinari

> *AREN’T THERE SOME FLOWERS THAT NEVER BLOOM.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kujo inherits a high-school yakuza crown he never wanted then realizes the crown weighs more than the gang. A sullen senior trails his every move while a girl’s unspoken stare keeps the balance. Youths orbit violence like fish in a bowl that’s slowly running dry.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider, raw

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