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Lesson of the Evil (2012)

Directed by Takashi Miike

Horror | Thriller

Most recently watched by SIxBORG, sensoria, noahphex

Overview

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.

Length 129 minutes

Actors

Hideaki Ito | Fumi Nikaidô | Shota Sometani | Kento Hayashi | Kodai Asaka | Erina Mizuno | KENTA | Takayuki Yamada | Mitsuru Fukikoshi | Takehiro Hira | Shun Miyazato | Uji Kiyotaka | Yosuke Isomura | Ryunosuke Suzuki | Fujiko Kojima | Honami Tsukada | Yukino Kishii | Hirona Yamazaki | Takemi Fujii | Kenichi Takito | Sairi Itoh | Mayu Matsuoka | Riku Ozeki | Raiki Nemoto | Airi Yamamoto | Michael Edward Murphy | Yuga Akiyama | Kazuma Takeda | Koki Horikoshi | Mika Ayano | Mizuho Kaneo | Jodi Lynn Smith | Sakura Hayashi | Asuka Kudo | Narumi Akizuki | Ryo Yokoyama | Hiroki Nakajima | Takashi Yamanaka | Rena Kanzaki | Nanami Fujimoto | Toshi Takeuchi | Noriko Nakagoshi | Tatsuya Kishida | Runa Natsui | Tasuku Nagase | Kaoru Fujiwara | Toko Miura | Ryo Iwamatsu | Ruth Tunney | Atsushi Arai | Kasumi Yamaya | Jab

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/25/2014Movie ScreenDigitalTheater7.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Film #2 at Stanley Film Fest. Debated whether to see it since I have the DVD. But it proved worthy of a big screen viewing. Not nearly as crazy as touted yet still has plenty of Miike flourishes. Overly long it could use another pass at the editing to tighten it up for a taunt thriller.

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