School in the Crosshairs
1981 1h 30m movie Film Japan

School in the Crosshairs

ねらわれた学園

Synopsis

ねらわれた学園

Mitamura Yuka is a normal, shy high school student. Except for the fact that she has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show her skills, creating a force of psychic Nazi student enforcers, Yuka and her friends vow to stop her. But behind it all is a mysterious force that will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!

The 1980–1982 Japan Window

67 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. School in the Crosshairs sits at position #57.

  1. Queen Millennia
    #1

    Queen Millennia

    ★ 8.5 · 1981

  2. Space Cobra
    #2

    Space Cobra

    ★ 8.3 · 1982

  3. Super Dimension Fortress Macross
    #3

    Super Dimension Fortress Macross

    ★ 8.1 · 1982

  4. Dr. Slump
    #4

    Dr. Slump

    ★ 8.0 · 1981

  5. Hello! Sandybell
    #5

    Hello! Sandybell

    ★ 7.9 · 1981

  6. Kagemusha
    #6

    Kagemusha

    ★ 7.8 · 1980

  7. Urusei Yatsura
    #7

    Urusei Yatsura

    ★ 7.8 · 1981

  8. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    #8

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    ★ 7.7 · 1980

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with School in the Crosshairs. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From KADOKAWA

The 1980s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when School in the Crosshairs premiered. 280 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

5.4
TMDB Rating
17
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #4,293 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (6th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.5 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Fantasy productions specifically: #1,232 of 1,274 (top 97%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies KADOKAWA
Runtime 1h 30m
Release Date July 11, 1981
IMDb tt0125434

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