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29-year-old Ryo Kudo, who had committed every kind of wrongdoing and reformed himself in a prison cell, opened a private school in Tagawa, Fukuoka Pref. in February 2006. Not a school for learning but a place for delinquents and socially marginalized teens. In July 2006, 13-year-old Mayu arrived. She’d been a truant and a fly-by-nighter. Mayu often used profanities and couldn’t socialize. She huddled alone in a room corner, a cell phone in her hand.
Kudo never makes her study or work. He patiently watches her and waits until she finds motivation. He knows this "Leave 'em alone” (Hotacchoke) attitude is the only way. Mayu gradually greets others and started going to school. But suddenly her behavior grows eccentric and she skips school. Why do these kids, rebelling against parents, teachers and police, listen to Kudo? The program shows us the reason from their daily lives.

Japan - 2007 - 46 mn - DVC Pro & HDV • 16/9 - Colour

Director Shinichi Asabe Adaptation Matsuishi Izumi Camera Hirota Yutaka Sets Terasaki Shizuka Editing Takao Masaru Music Honda Kotaro

Production Mainichi Broadcasting Company, 2-3-8 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, 814 8585 Fukuoka, Japon Tél : +81 92 852 6601 Fax : +81 92 852 6656 E-mail : tsutsui@rkb.ne.jp

Sales Mainichi Broadcasting Company, Rights Dept., M. Yoshihiko Koukami, 2-3-8 Momochihama, Sawara-ku, 814 8585 Fukuoka, Japon Tél : +81 92 852 6601 Fax : +81 92 852 6666 E-mail : tsutsui@rkb.ne.jp