Assassination Classroom
2015 1h 50m movie Film Japan

Assassination Classroom

暗殺教室

Synopsis

暗殺教室

A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no. The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota. The creature is called Teacher Koro. Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro. When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Assassination Classroom premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
175
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,551 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #664 of 1,714 (top 39%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies TOHO, Fuji Television Network, Robot Communications, J Storm, Shueisha
Runtime 1h 50m
Release Date March 21, 2015
IMDb tt3853452

Themes & Motifs

  • japan
  • monster
  • moon
  • assassination
  • teacher
  • problem child
  • based on manga
  • child soldier

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