La Nouvelle de la classe

Obayashi brings his usual light touch to the travails of adolescence. After a bump to the head, two junior high students find themselves in each other's bodies. It's a gender-swap comedy that gets away with a lot.

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Nobuhiko Obayashi directed La Nouvelle de la classe in 1982. See Nobuhiko Obayashi's full filmography, where to start with Nobuhiko Obayashi, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nobuhiko Obayashi.

La Nouvelle de la classe was released in 1982 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.