Liz and the Blue Bird

リズと青い鳥 (Rizu to Aoi Tori)

Directed by Naoko Yamada (山田尚子)

2018•90 min
Language
Japanese
Featured in
Growing Up

Synopsis

The truth will break your heart.

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.

Trailer

Selected Awards

Winner

Mainichi Film Concours

Ofuji Noburo Award (2018)

Winner

Japan Media Arts Festival

Jury Recommended Work, Animation Division (2018)

Main Cast

Atsumi TanezakiAtsumi TanezakiMizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nao ToyamaNao ToyamaNozomi Kasaki (voice)
Ayaka AsaiAyaka AsaiHazuki Katou (voice)
Tomoyo KurosawaTomoyo KurosawaKumiko Oumae (voice)
Chika AnzaiChika AnzaiReina Kousaka (voice)
Yuichi NakamuraYuichi NakamuraMasahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Conomi FujimuraConomi FujimuraNatsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Takahiro SakuraiTakahiro SakuraiNoboru Taki (voice)

Director