Liz and the Blue Bird(2018)
The truth will break your heart.
In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
Movie: Liz and the Blue Bird
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mizore Yoroizuka (voice)
Nozomi Kasaki (voice)
Hazuki Katou (voice)
Kumiko Oumae (voice)
Reina Kousaka (voice)
Masahiro Hashimoto (voice)
Natsuki Nakagawa (voice)
Noboru Taki (voice)
Ririka Kenzaki (voice)
Liz (voice)
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