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Liz and the Blue Bird

Name: Liz and the Blue Bird
Director: Naoko Yamada
Genre: Animation, Drama, Music
Released: 2018-04-21
Duration: 91 min
Cast: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Chika Anzai

2018 · 1h 31m · Animation, Drama, Music

Watch this tonight if you want a gorgeously animated film about friendship that actually *means* something—Naoko Yamada's direction transforms a simple high school story into something achingly beautiful and deeply resonant. Skip it only if you need explosions and plot twists instead of emotional depth and stunning visual storytelling.

Plot

In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.

Director: Naoko Yamada

Cast: Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Toyama, Ayaka Asai, Tomoyo Kurosawa, Chika Anzai

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