School Days With A Pig (2008) (Region 3 DVD) (English Subtitled) Japanese movie

Region Coding: Region 3 (Locked)

Starring: 
Tsumabuki Satoshi
Harada Mieko
Tabata Tomoko

Director: 
Maeda Tetsu

Audio Tracks: 
Dolby Digital

Languages: 
Japanese

Subtitles: 
English, Traditional Chinese

Running Time: 
110 minutes

Distributor:
Edko Films Ltd. (HK)

Release Date:
13 Nov 2009

Synopsis:
Based on a true story, this film is an emotional masterpiece based on a true controversial story that swept across Japan.
A rookie primary school teacher (Satoshi Tsumabuki) suggests his students that they raise a pig, as a way to teach "the real connection between life and food". He further proposes to eat the pig when it is fully grown. The deadline will be their graduation. The class gets a piglet together, and decides to take care of it in rotation. The students decide to name the piglet "P-chan". Hesitant to take care of the P-chan at first, it wasn't long before the students begin to cherish it. 

As time passes, the rookie teacher starts facing displeasures from his colleagues and the parents of his students. The children themselves begin to quarrel over the P-chan. However teacher and students manage to overcome the problems and learn a lot from this experience. As things have started to work in a positive way, the class has to face an even bigger dilemma a year later. 365 days of love and devotion showered on P-chan, it has grown big. The deadline of the project is drawing near. They have to decide the fate of P-chan. Will they follow the initial objective of this project or…