The Bandage Club (2007)

Other name: 包帯クラブ, 붕대 클럽, 绷带俱乐部, 繃帶俱樂部, Hotai Club

Description:

The Bandage Club introduces Wara, a high school student radiating cheerfulness while secretly battling profound inner darkness. Her hidden struggles lead her to the brink, nearly climbing a hospital roof fence in despair. Her life takes an unexpected turn when an unfamiliar boy, Dino, intervenes and dissuades her. Sensing her deep-seated pain, Dino places a simple yet powerful bandage on the fence. This thoughtful act provides Wara immense comfort and inspires her to create "The Bandage Club" (Hotai Club) with Dino and their friends.

The club's unique mission involves encouraging people to anonymously submit their emotional "bruising experiences" online. In a gesture of empathy and support, club members then apply a physical bandage to symbolize the emotional wound or its location, capturing a digital photograph to send back to the original poster. As Wara and her fellow members, each confronting their own personal difficulties, engage in these activities, they progressively find relief and freedom from their worries, fostering a powerful community of healing and understanding.

Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko [堤幸彦]

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 2007

Genre:Comedy; Friendship; Novel; Youth