A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 1, 2001
Original Title:
まぶだち
Alternate Titles:
Mabudachi
Malas intenciones
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Bandai Visual
J-Movie Wars
Suncent CinemaWorks
WOWOW
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 98
It is 1980. Sadatomo is at a secondary school in a small town. His parents barely take any notice of him. The strict teacher Kobayashi has hung up a 'humanity index' in the classroom, divided into the categories 'delinquents', 'scum' and 'people'. In each category he has hung name-cards of pupils. One day Kobayashi finds out that Sadatomo and his friends have stolen some things from a shop for fun. Their fathers are informed and as punishment, the children have to write a 'self-critical' essay of no less than thirty pages. For the first time, Sadatomo is beaten by his father. Shocked, he writes a piece entitled 'I am an onion', in which the teacher thinks he can detect a first sign of humanity. That is the start of a confusing situation in which it gets hard to distinguish lies, truth, justified self-criticism and opportunist wheeler dealing, even for the boys.
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Assistant Director:
Akihiro Onodera
Director:
Tomoyuki Furumaya
Director of Photography:
Masami Inomoto
Editor:
Shuichi Kakesu
Lighting Technician:
Shinichi Matsukuma
Original Music Composer:
Masamichi Shigeno
Producer:
Takenori Sentô
Production Design:
Fumiaki Suzaka
Screenplay:
Tomoyuki Furumaya
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