Release Date

November, 1st, 2008

Running Time

109 min

Genre

Drama , Other

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm

Screen Size

American Vista (1:1.85)

Sound Processing

Dolby SR

[ Directed by ]

• MAEDA Tetsu

[ Produced by ]

• MUKUJU Hirohisa

[ Cast ]

• TSUMABUKI Satoshi ── Mr. HOSHI
• HARADA Mieko ── Principal TAKAHARA
• OSUGI Ren ── Vice-principal NISHINA
• TABATA Tomoko ── Ms. IKEZAWA

[ Staff ]

• KOBAYASHI Hirotoshi ── Screenplay
• KASAI Yoshihito ── Cinematography
• TAKAHASHI Koichi ── Editor
• YOSHIOKA Shoji ── Music
• ISOMI Toshihiro ── Production Design

[ Production Company ]

School Days with a Pig Film Partners

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

NIKKATSU

[ Production Studio ]

Nikkatsu Studio

[ Story ]

A documentary-like drama that asks the question of true dietary education, based on a true story that took place at an elementary school in Osaka in 1990. Double winner at the 2008 Tokyo International Film Festival, of the Audience Award in the Competition section and the TOYOTA Earth Grand Prix.
In April, a piglet is brought into an elementary school class room. It is the action of a rookie teacher, Hoshi (Tsumabuki Satoshi), who wishes to teach children about life through looking after the piglet. The bewildered principal of the school (Harada Mieko) and the vice principal (Osugi Ren) hesitantly give their go-ahead to the plan. The children of Hoshi's class, the 6th grade class 2, build a shed for the piglet, name it P-chan, and take turns to look after it. Despite the mayhem P-chan repeatedly causes, the children love P-chan more with each passing day. The months go by, and their graduation day approaches. Children discuss the treatment of the piglet. Various suggestions are made, including passing it down to the lower grade so that they can continue looking after it. In the final ballot, however, Hoshi and the children reach a conclusion to "eat P-chan".

[ Official Site ]

http://www.butaita.jp

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

Tokyo International Film Festival

[ Contact (International) ]

Nikkatsu Corporation
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