It is one of the biggest truths of international cinema, that the level (of extremity if you prefer) the highschool drama has reached in the Japanese movie industry, in actually unparalleled, with films that range from “Confessions” to “Flowers of Evil”, from “Crows Zero” to “Liverleaf” and from “Assassination Classroom” to “Lesson of the Evil, including everything between. Hideo Jojo, who has mainly worked in adult films, in an adaptation of the manga series “Joshikosei ni Korosaretai” by Usamaru Furuya, presents another testament to the fact.
“To Be Killed by a High School Girl” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The absurdity here mostly revolves around the main protagonist, Haruto Higashiyama, a young, smart, and handsome history teacher, whose appearance in Niitaka High School has made him immediately popular with his students, and particularly the female ones. Higashiyama, however, harbors a rather dark secret, since his biggest dream is...
“To Be Killed by a High School Girl” is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
The absurdity here mostly revolves around the main protagonist, Haruto Higashiyama, a young, smart, and handsome history teacher, whose appearance in Niitaka High School has made him immediately popular with his students, and particularly the female ones. Higashiyama, however, harbors a rather dark secret, since his biggest dream is...
- 3/17/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Haruto Higashiyama is a high school teacher because he wants to be killed by a beautiful high school girl. While he is a popular and well-regarded teacher at Nitaka High School, he has spent the past nine years secretly formulating his bizarre plan. His two ideal conditions for his death are: “It must be a perfect crime” and “He must be killed with her full effort”. Haruto is now ready to put his plan into motion.
(Sources: Crunchyroll and AsianWiki)
This is a live-action adaptation of the suspense manga “Joshikosei ni Korosaretai” by Usamaru Furuya (Litchi☆Hikari Club), which was initially serialised in Shinchosha’s bi-monthly magazine Go Go Bunch in 2013. There are two tankōbon volumes, the first was shipped in 2015 with the second and final volume in 2016 after the manga ended. Written and directed by Hideo JŌJŌ (On the Edge of Their Seats), the film stars Kei Tanaka (Your Turn to Kill...
(Sources: Crunchyroll and AsianWiki)
This is a live-action adaptation of the suspense manga “Joshikosei ni Korosaretai” by Usamaru Furuya (Litchi☆Hikari Club), which was initially serialised in Shinchosha’s bi-monthly magazine Go Go Bunch in 2013. There are two tankōbon volumes, the first was shipped in 2015 with the second and final volume in 2016 after the manga ended. Written and directed by Hideo JŌJŌ (On the Edge of Their Seats), the film stars Kei Tanaka (Your Turn to Kill...
- 3/4/2022
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
We are defined by moments, decisions made by us or for us by another. For Teiichi Akaba (Masaki Suda) it was always the choice between love of the piano (his mother’s passion) and a desire to please his father (Kôtarô Yoshida’s Josuke Akaba) by following a path towards political power — something he himself failed to achieve. Teiichi chooses the latter because of something his Dad said during a rant about status and control: that ascension to the height of Japan’s Prime Minister is to position oneself as maker of the country. Only at the top can you dictate true change and/or ensure your passions are protected under law. It’s a lofty goal that proves as much about self-sacrifice as it does about self-centeredness. And the journey begins now.
Well, that’s a lie. As Akira Nagai’s Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High — adapted by Yoshihiro Izumi...
Well, that’s a lie. As Akira Nagai’s Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High — adapted by Yoshihiro Izumi...
- 8/7/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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