Aku no kyoten
Lesson of the Evil
2012 TOHO CO., LTD. / DENTSU INC. / BUNGEISHUNJU Ltd. / OLM, Inc. / A-TEAM / NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. All rights reserved.
2012 TOHO CO., LTD. / DENTSU INC. / BUNGEISHUNJU Ltd. / OLM, Inc. / A-TEAM / NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAI INC. All rights reserved.
- Release Date
- November, 10th, 2012
- Running Time
- 129 min
- Genre
- Feature
- Color
- Color
- Screening Format
- HDCAM
- Subtitle
- English
[ Directed by ]
[ Produced by ]
[ Cast ]
- ITO Hideaki ── HASUMI Seiji
- NIKAIDO Fumi ── KATAGIRI Reika
- SOMETANI Shota ── HAYAMI Keisuke
[ Staff ]
- KISHI Yusuke ── Original Story
- MIIKE Takashi ── Screenplay
- KITA Nobuyasu ── Cinematography
- YAMASHITA Kenji ── Editor
- ENDO Koji ── Music
[ Production Company ]
"Aku no kyoten"SEISAKU IINKAI
[ Distributor (Japan) ]
TOHO
[ Story ]
A psychological horror film depicting the darkness lurking within everyday life, based on the eponymous novel by Naoki Prizenominated author Kishi Yusuke and brought to the screen by domestically and internationally popular director Miike Takashi (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai ) with his own distinctive brand of violence.
English teacher Hasumi (Ito Hideaki) is highly popular with his students, colleagues, and the PTA. However, he is actually a psychopath who murders those who get in his way, one after another. On the day before the school festival, some of Hasumi's students begin to suspect that something is not quite right about him, and that night, the school becomes the site of a bloody massacre.
[ Official Site ]
[ Film Festivals, Awards ]
2012 Rome Film Festival, Competition
[ Contact (International) ]
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