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School Day of the Dead
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School Day of the Dead

2000-08-05 · 100 min · ★ 5.4

Drama · Mystery · Crime

Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.

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Directors
Tetsuo Shinohara
Production companies
KADOKAWA Shoten, Toei Company, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Horipro
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kyoko FukadaKyoko FukadaMachiko Yuki
Masaya KatōMasaya KatōIsamu Kurabayashi
Thane CamusThane CamusDavid Thornhill
Shuntaro HaniSelf
Tomoka HayashiHaruko Ono
Yozaburo ItoYozaburo ItoTomio Nishida
Yôsuke KawamuraYôsuke Kawamura
Yû KurosawaYû KurosawaYoshiko Yamazaki
Hineki Mito
Yoshiko MiyazakiYoshiko MiyazakiIzumi Wakusawa
Jinpachi NezuJinpachi NezuShozo Yuki
Mika SakamotoMayumi Yanagida
Yasutaka TsutsuiYasutaka TsutsuiKazuhiko Teduka
Asahi UchidaAsahi UchidaHideto Koyama
Koichi UedaKoichi UedaDetective Tsukuda, Ushio

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