Liz and the Blue Bird

Liz and the Blue Bird

91 mins | Drama, Animation, Music | April 21, 2018

Mizore Yoroizuka plays the oboe, and Nozomi Kasaki plays the flute in Kitauji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece "Liz and the Blue Bird" features a duet for the oboe and flute. "This piece reminds me of us." Nozomi says cheerfully, enjoying the solo, while Mizore's usual happiness to play with Nozomi is tinged with the dread of their inevitable parting. By all accounts the girls are best friends, but the oboe and flute duet sounds disjointed, as if underscoring a growing distance between them. Talk of college creates a small rift in their relationship, as the story evolves to reveal a shocking and emotional conclusion.

Liz and the Blue Bird

91 mins | Drama, Animation, Music | April 21, 2018

Liz and the Blue Bird
Mizore Yoroizuka plays the oboe, and Nozomi Kasaki plays the flute in Kitauji High School concert band. As seniors, this will be their last competition together, and the selected piece "Liz and the Blue Bird" features a duet for the oboe and flute. "This piece reminds me of us." Nozomi says cheerfully, enjoying the solo, while Mizore's usual happiness to play with Nozomi is tinged with the dread of their inevitable parting. By all accounts the girls are best friends, but the oboe and flute duet sounds disjointed, as if underscoring a growing distance between them. Talk of college creates a small rift in their relationship, as the story evolves to reveal a shocking and emotional conclusion.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Kyoto Animation, Lantis
Original title リズと青い鳥
Directors Shinpei Sawa, Taichi Ogawa, Tatsuya Ishihara, Naoko Yamada, Yasuhiro Takemoto
Writers Ayano Takeda, Reiko Yoshida

Cast

Atsumi Tanezaki

as Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)

Nao Toyama

as Nozomi Kasaki (voice)

Ayaka Asai

as Hazuki Katou (voice)

Tomoyo Kurosawa

as Kumiko Oumae (voice)

Chika Anzai

as Reina Kousaka (voice)

Yuichi Nakamura

as Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)

Konomi Fujimura

as Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

as Noboru Taki (voice)

Shiori Sugiura

as Ririka Kenzaki (voice)

Miyu Honda

as Liz (voice)

Moe Toyota

as Sapphire 'Midori' Kawashima (voice)

Houko Kuwashima

as Satomi Niiyama (voice)

Yuri Yamaoka

as Yûko Yoshikawa (voice)