Japan Synopsis
悪の教典
“Everyone in class, slaughtered.”
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school cultural festival, he sees staging a massacre as the only way out.
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
482 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Lesson of the Evil sits at position #298.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Lesson of the Evil. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lesson of the Evil premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,914 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Thriller productions specifically: #120 of 324 (top 37%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, Bungeishunju, Nippan Group Holdings, OLM, dentsu |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | November 10, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2294473 |
| Official Site | www.akunokyouten.com |