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Panic in High School (高校大パニック)
Overview
A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming for university entrance examinations, Panic High School is about the suicide of a high school student and its ensuing fallout at his school. When one of his classmates becomes frustrated with the math teacher's lack of sensitivity to the suicide, the student steals a rifle, returns to school, aerates the teacher's chest and then holds members of his class captive. This leads to an aggressive standoff with the police and lots of shots of his parents crying and bowing in shame, totally mortified.
Key Crew
Director: Gakuryu Ishii, Yukihiro Sawada
Story: Gakuryu Ishii, Ryuji Ohya
Screenplay: Fumio Kōnami
Producer: Ryuji Ohya
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Yamazaki
Top Cast
Shigeru Yamamoto
Jono Yasuhiro
Miyoko Akaza
Jono Hiroko
Yoshirō Aoki
Kurita
Seiji Endō
Rifle Squad Leader
Eimei Esumi
Yoneshige
Yudai Ishiyama
Kojima
Shigeru Izumiya
Viewer
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Ogata
