Takashi MIIKE 三池崇史

Lesson Of The Evil

悪の教典

Nippon Cinema ª

Being the only teacher who really cares about the students of an elite school, empathic Hasumi discovers a little too much sex and harrassment for his taste. He buys a pump gun and visits the students one by one. Enfant terrible MIIKE goes back to his roots and mixes excessive violence with a hint of black comedy. The college flick to end all college flicks.

Violence Thriller

悪の教典
Aku no kyoten

Japan 2012

129 minutes

Director
Takashi MIIKE

Script
Takashi MIIKE based on a novel by Yusuke KISHI

Cinematography
Nobuyasu KITA

Music
Koji ENDO

Production
Toho

Distribution
Rapid Eye Movies

Cast
Hideaki ITO, Fumi NIKAIDO, Shota SOMETANI, Takayuki YAMADA, Mitsuru FUKIKOSHI

About Takashi MIIKE
三池崇史

Takashi MIIKE was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1960. During his studies at Yokohama Vocational School of Broadcast and Film, one of his teachers was famous director Shohei IMAMURA. Since his feature debut LADY HUNTER in 1991, MIIKE has created more than 100 films and TV series. Nippon Connection has kept a close eye on his career for almost 20 years, having screened his films ICHI THE KILLER (2001 / NC ’02), THE CITY OF LOST SOULS (2000 / NC ’02), THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS (2001 / NC ’03), LESSON OF THE EVIL (2012 / NC ’14 and NC ’20), and OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (2014 / NC ’15).