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Lesson of the Evil

Lesson of the Evil

Thriller · Horror · 2012

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.

Movie details

Lesson of the Evil

“Everyone in class, slaughtered.”

2012 Thriller · Horror 2h 9m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Lesson of the Evil?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Written by

Takashi Miike

Hideaki Ito

Hideaki Ito

Seiji Hasumi

Fumi Nikaido

Fumi Nikaido

Reika Katagiri

Shota Sometani

Shota Sometani

Keisuke Hayami

Kento Hayashi

Kento Hayashi

Masahiko Maejima

Kodai Asaka

Kodai Asaka

Yuichiro Nagoshi

Erina Mizuno

Erina Mizuno

Miya Yasuhara

K

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Masahiro Tadenuma

Court is in session

Put Lesson of the Evil on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.