Japan Synopsis
青い春
Soon after being named the new leader of his high school's gang system, Kujo grows bored with the violence and hatred that surround him. He wants desperately to abandon his post… but his once-enviable position of power has a strange way of making him feel powerless.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Blue Spring. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2000–2002 Japan Window
Blue Spring holds position #91 of 226 Japan films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Blue Spring premiered alongside 79 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 79 other Japan films in 2001.
The 1366th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
77 audience reviews — more than 72% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (72th percentile) outruns trending popularity (41th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Blue Spring, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- juvenile delinquency · 1
- high school gang · 1
- based on manga · 297
- high school · 88
- suicide · 51
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,141 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #940 of 1,933 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Omega Micott Inc., Film Makers |
| Runtime | 1h 23m |
| Release Date | September 9, 2001 |
| IMDb | tt0309291 |