Black Board
1986, Japanese. Directed by Kaneto Shindō.
Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns out to have been murdered by two of his schoolmates, who he had been bullying.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 17 September 1986
- Original title
- ブラックボード
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
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Black Board runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Black Board isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 September 1986. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like Black Board?
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Who directed Black Board?
Black Board (1986) was directed by Kaneto Shindō and stars Terutake Tsuji, Nobuko Otowa, Kazuki Minabuchi.