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.
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.
Other Titles From TOHO
Thriller + Horror in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Lesson of the Evil itself).
The 2011–2013 Japan Window
Lesson of the Evil holds position #298 of 482 Japan films in the 2011–2013 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Lesson of the Evil premiered alongside 164 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 164 other Japan films in 2012.
The 2704th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
178 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (59th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Lesson of the Evil, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- high school teacher · 5
- psycho killer · 4
- school shooting · 1
- atrocities · 1
- japanese high school · 28
- japan · 454
- based on novel or book · 288
- high school · 88
- serial killer · 42
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 |