Aoi sanmyaku

is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. It is based on Yōjirō Ishizaka's novel of the same name, which was first published in serialised form in 1947. Plot After defending Shinko, student at a rural girls' high school, for seeing a young man from the village, teacher Yukiko, who has just been transferred from Tokyo, finds herself in opposition to the conservative faculty and villagers. Cast Production and legacy Aoi sanmyaku was released in two parts, part one on July 19, 1949, part two one week later, and was highly successful both with the audience and the critics.