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Lesson of the Evil

Lesson of the Evil

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Lesson of the Evil

"Everyone in class, slaughtered."

2012

2h 9m

6.7(241 votes)

Thriller

Horror

Overview

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.

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Production Companies

TOHO

Bungeishunju

Nippan Group Holdings

OLM

dentsu

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Hideaki Ito

Hideaki Ito

Seiji Hasumi

Fumi Nikaido

Fumi Nikaido

Reika Katagiri

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Keisuke Hayami

Kento Hayashi

Kento Hayashi

Masahiko Maejima

Kodai Asaka

Kodai Asaka

Yuichiro Nagoshi

Erina Mizuno

Erina Mizuno

Miya Yasuhara

KENTA

Masahiro Tadenuma

Takayuki Yamada

Takayuki Yamada

Tetsuro Shibahara

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Mitsuru Fukikoshi

Masanobu Tsurii

Takehiro Hira

Takehiro Hira

Takeki Kume

Creative team

Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Takashi Miike
Produced by: Koji Azuma
Toru Mori

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