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Lesson of the Evil (2012)

Original title: 悪の教典

2012-11-10 · 2h 9m · JA
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Everyone in class, slaughtered.

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school cultural festival, he sees staging a massacre as the only way out.

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Takashi MiikeDirector

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Hideaki ItoHideaki ItoSeiji HasumiFumi NikaidoFumi NikaidoReika KatagiriShota SometaniShota SometaniKeisuke HayamiKento HayashiKento HayashiMasahiko MaejimaKodai AsakaKodai AsakaYuichiro NagoshiErina MizunoErina MizunoMiya YasuharaKENTAKENTAMasahiro TadenumaTakayuki YamadaTakayuki YamadaTetsuro ShibaharaMitsuru FukikoshiMitsuru FukikoshiMasanobu TsuriiTakehiro HiraTakehiro HiraTakeki KumeShun MiyazatoShun MiyazatoNaoki IsadaKiyotaka UjiKiyotaka UjiTsubasa Matsui

Keywords

Based on novel or bookSerial killerStudentJapanHigh schoolHigh school teacherPsycho killerJapanese high schoolJapanese filmAtrocities

Movie DNA

Genre affinityThriller · HorrorTheme affinityBased On Novel Or Book · Serial Killer · StudentDirector preference96521Actor preference132099 · 432317 · 79651Country preferenceJpDecade preference2010

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What is Lesson of the Evil about?

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school cultural festival, he sees staging a massacre as the only way out.

How long is Lesson of the Evil?

Lesson of the Evil has a runtime of 129 minutes.