Panic in High School (1978)

Poster for Panic in High School

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 & Crew

Director
Gakuryu Ishii
  • Profile picture of Miyoko Akaza
    Jono Hiroko Miyoko Akaza
  • Profile picture of Yoshirō Aoki
    Kurita Yoshirō Aoki
  • Profile picture of Eimei Esumi
    Yoneshige Eimei Esumi
  • Profile picture of Yudai Ishiyama
    Kojima Yudai Ishiyama
  • Profile picture of Shigeru Izumiya
    Shigeru Izumiya
  • Profile picture of Chōichirō Kawarasaki
    Ogata Chōichirō Kawarasaki
  • Profile picture of Junko Miyashita
    Murakami tomoyo Junko Miyashita
  • Profile picture of Akira Takahashi
    Hirose Akira Takahashi

Recommendations

  • Poster for Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
  • Poster for Pieces
  • Poster for Puppets Under Starry Skies
  • Poster for Re-Kill
  • Poster for Brassed Off
  • Poster for The Wind Will Carry Us
  • Poster for Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
  • Poster for The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity