1993年，山田洋次導(dǎo)演的《學(xué)?！吩谌毡颈臼恳饦O大迴響，不僅贏得好評如潮，更在各大頒獎禮中獨(dú)領(lǐng)風(fēng)騷。延續(xù)篇《學(xué)校II》將舞臺移師至北海道一間供智障學(xué)童入讀的高中，但仍舊以刻劃帥生關(guān)係及反思教育意義為核心主題。山田在片中寄托了他對學(xué)校及老師們的期望：教育並非只靈培育老師心目中的好學(xué)生，老師的工作也並非只是教學(xué)，更重要的是跟學(xué)生建立深厚的關(guān)係。全片溫情洋溢，值得細(xì)味。The Learning Circle, a film by Yamada Yoji and a follow-up 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 mentally-handicapped children. In this film, Yamada has depicted vividly and with genuine emotion the dreams and expectations he has for all schools and teacher: "Education is much more than merely minting students who are easy for schools and teachers to handle. A teacher's job is more than just teaching and guiding students, it is also to associate closely with them."新學(xué)年又開始了。在北海道一間專供智障學(xué)童入讀的高中，青山龍平老師正在迎接新生。當(dāng)中一名名叫高志的學(xué)生智商不算低，但過去曾受同學(xué)欺侮，心靈創(chuàng)傷使他從此一言不發(fā)。另一名學(xué)生佑矢就更是問題多多。他總是不愿乖乖坐著，一時(shí)大呼小叫，一時(shí)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(gè)：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(diǎn)得了神經(jīng)衰弱。直到一天，一件史無前例的事發(fā)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(shí)，一向沒開口說過一句話的高志忽然疾言厲色地罵他。更使人意外的是郤是佑矢的反應(yīng)──他第一次順著別人的意思去做。自那一天起，學(xué)校有了重大的改變，不僅是學(xué)生，老師也一樣……資料來源︰電影雙周刊—Home Entertainment DVD (香港)