1993年山田洋次導演的學校在日本本士引起極大迴響不僅贏得好評如潮更在各大頒獎禮中獨領風騷延續篇學校II將舞台移師至北海道一間供智障學童入讀的高中但仍舊以刻劃帥生關係及反思教育意義為核心主題山田在片中寄托了他對學校及老師們的期望教育並非只靈培育老師心目中的好學生老師的工作也並非只是教學更重要的是跟學生建立深厚的關係全片溫情洋溢值得細味
The Learning Circle, a film by Yamada Yoji and a followup to his 1993 hit A Class To Remember, is a moving story about the daily life of teachers and students at a high school for mentallyhandicapped children In this film, Yamada has depicted vividly and with genuine emotion the dreams and expectations he has for all schools and teacher quotEducation is much more than merely minting students who are easy for schools and teachers to handle A teacher#39s job is more than just teaching and guiding students, it is also to associate closely with themquot
新學年又開始了在北海道一間專供智障學童入讀的高中青山龍平老師正在迎接新生當中一位名叫高志的學生智商不算低但過去曾受同學欺侮心靈創傷使他從此一言不發另一位學生佑矢就更是問題多多他總是不肯乖乖坐著一時大呼小叫一時又像一枝箭似的飛奔出課室；問他甚麼也好答案就衹有一個午後紅茶－他最喜愛的飲料資深老師也拿他沒法於是把佑矢交給新到任的小林老師看管害得他沒一刻能放鬆差點得了神經衰弱直到一天一件前所未有的事發生了佑矢忽然跳了起來想要搶奪北川老師手中的文稿這時一直沒開口說過一句話的高志忽然疾言厲色地罵他更令人意外的是郤是佑矢的反應──他第一次順著別人的意思去做自那一天起學校有了重大的改變不僅是學生老師也一樣……
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