Shameless School

1970 1h 22m JA

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5.0

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★5.0TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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Comedy of high school where students and teachers run wild, based on a popular comic strip.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Joe Shishido
Macaroni
Osami Nabe
Munenari Yagyu
Shunji Fujimura
Yurio Yoshinaga
Midori Utsumi
Midori Nishio
Mikki Yasukawa
Kenbo Kaminarimon
Tōru Yuri
Hōsei Komatsu
Matagoro Araki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yuji Tanno
Writers: Gan Yamazaki, Tatsuhiko Kamoi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Shameless School (Live Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yuji Tanno, shot by Kuratarō Takamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Joe Shishido and Osami Nabe and Shunji Fujimura carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0360968 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yuji Tanno directs. Kuratarō Takamura behind the camera. Naozumi Yamamoto scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
256 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Shameless School (Live Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Yuji Tanno, shot by Kuratarō Takamura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Naozumi Yamamoto. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Joe Shishido and Osami Nabe and Shunji Fujimura carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0360968 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.