Children full of life
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| German title | Children full of life |
| Original title | Children full of life |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2003 |
| length | 59 minutes |
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| Director | Noboru Kaetsu |
| production | Naoaki Hinohara Junichi Nogami Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
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Toshirō Kanamori | |
Children Full of Life ( Japanese 涙 と 笑 い の ハ ッ ピ ー ク ラ ス 4 年 1 組 命 の 授業 , Namida to warai no happī kurasu: 4 nen 1 kumi Inochi no jugyō) is a Japanese documentary by Noboru Kaetsu from 2003. The film shows moments of happiness and sadness during a school year in the 4th primary class of teacher Toshirō Kanamori .
action
During a school year, Children Full of Life follows Toshirō Kanamori's teaching in a 4th grade at primary school in Kanazawa , Japan . Kanamori not only teaches his students school subjects, but also the most important principles of life: to be happy and to take care of others. We come to school to be happy so let's all be happy together! becomes the motto of the fourth grade.
Kanamori teaches its 35 students about teamwork, community, the importance of openness, how to deal with it and the harm that bullying can do. He encourages them to write down their thoughts and feelings in a notebook. Every day three children read their notes to their classmates and they talk about their feelings for one another and about events in their lives. Students work together to find ways to understand and deal with dysfunctional relationships, unhappiness, and the loss of loved ones. As the year progresses, their sense of community grows as they share their experiences and understand the value of life and caring for each other's feelings. This happens when the class builds fins together, has fun at a stream or sledging, or mourns the death of a father or grandmother together, for a girl who moves to another city, sings a farewell song she wrote and composed, or for stands up for a friend who, in her opinion, was punished too harshly by the teacher
criticism
“ This simple, well-told story captures the essence of education. It's an intimate portrait of a teacher and his classroom that subtly depicts a path for all educators to take on the challenge of preparing students for life. Unobtrusively, the documentary captures extraordinary moments of drama and emotion in a single Japanese classroom, and shows how individual teachers display remarkable powers to shape the future of their students. The documentary elicits tears of laughter and sadness from students and viewers as they discover the value of sharing strong emotions that give meaning to the questions of life and death that arise in the classroom. Incidents of bullying, language teaching, and outdoor activities are all opportunities to teach in this "school of life". The documentary is neither preaching nor pedantic and reduces the myriad of problems in upbringing to a simple message - learn to care for others . "
Awards
- Japan Prize 2003 from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
- Bronze medal at the New York Film Festival
- Children Full of Life received the Global Television Grand Prize in 2004 for the 25th anniversary of the Banff World Media Festival . This was the first time that the most important award of the festival went to Japan.
- Gold medal at the US International Festival of Religion, Ethics and Humanities
Web links
- Children Full of Life in Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kobré guide: Children Full of Life
- Children Full of Life on youtube with English subtitles