Lesson of the Evil

2012

2h 9m

Mystery & Thriller

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Audience Score

100+ Ratings

Mr. Hasumi is a popular, young and good looking teacher at an elite high school. He hides his dark past and homicidal urges until he witnesses bad behavior and bullying among the student body.

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Deirdre Crimmins

Film Thrills

You will never hear the song "Mack the Knife" the same way ever again after watching Lesson of the Evil.

Aug 21, 2018

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Ethan Vestby

The Film Stage

Lesson of the Evil at least operates under a guise of exploitation - all of which is welcomingly daft.

Rated: B+

Jul 1, 2016

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Anton Bitel

Grolsch Film Works

a crazy adult cartoon, marked in equal parts by genuine tabu-busting horror, sheer excess, & an unnerving sense of fun - but the fact that Hasumi honed his cutthroat skills on a business degree... lends his psychopathic behaviour a political edge.

Jun 4, 2014

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A hard drink to swallow, but it's a vicious horror film with Miike's resonant visual punch.

Apr 12, 2014

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shocking and disturbing but powerful film where a teacher turns the tables on his unruly class. seriously not for the feint of heart.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Sick, perverse, and had a whole lot of promise until crazy teacher started the rampage, then it quickly went downhill. How could a movie that cd be so good gone so wrong?? Gives Tarentino a serious run for his money tho !

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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A sociopathic teacher uses extreme method to stop the "corruption" in the high school, when his plan went wrong, a night of massacre would be his only solution. The acting was simply dreadful, the story was ridiculous, even the standard of Japanese gore flicks was lost. It was really just violent for the sake of being violent.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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crazy violent silly, still manages to be funny too - Miike on good form here.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Something that you have to expect from Miike - violence, lots of it!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Takashi Miike

Director

Takayuki Yamada

Tetsuro Shibahara

Hideaki Ito

Seiji Hasumi

Shôta Sometani

Keisuke Hayamizu

Fumi Nikaidô

Reika Katagiri

Rio Kanno

Takahashi

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Synopsis

Mr. Hasumi is a popular, young and good looking teacher at an elite high school. He hides his dark past and homicidal urges until he witnesses bad behavior and bullying among the student body.

Director: Takashi Miike
Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Akihiro Yamauchi
Screenwriter: Takashi Miike
Production Co: Dentsu, Oriental Light and Magic, Toho Company Ltd.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 2h 9m