Blue Spring

Blue Spring (青い春 , Aoi haru ) is a 2001 Japanese youth drama film, written and directed by Toshiaki Toyoda[1] and based on Taiyō Matsumoto's manga of same title. It tells a tale of apathetic school students at a run-down Tokyo high school for boys. It was released on September 10, 2001.[1]

The film title can be understood as "inexperienced years" or teenage years, but it also can be understood as "fresh start". According to manga artist Taiyō Matsumoto, the title is intended as a play on irony.