Panic in High School (1978)

Panic in High School (1978)

1978-08-19 Japan 94 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Shigeru Yamamoto is Jono Yasuhiro
Jono Yasuhiro
赤座美代子 is Jono Hiroko
Jono Hiroko
青木義朗 is Kurita
遠藤征慈 is Rifle Squad Leader
Rifle Squad Leader
江角英明 is Yoneshige
Yoneshige
石山雄大 is Kojima
宮下順子 is Murakami tomoyo
Murakami tomoyo
高橋明 is Hirose
Hirose
内田稔 is Kobayashi
Kobayashi