Assassination Classroom

2015 1h 50m JA

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 220

ActionComedyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazunari Ninomiya
Koro Sensei (voice)
Ryosuke Yamada
Nagisa Shiota
Masaki Suda
Karuma Akabane
Maika Yamamoto
Kaede Kayano
Haruka
Rio Nakamura
Mio Yuki
Yukiko Kanzaki
Miku Uehara
Manami Okuda
Kippei Shiina
Tadaomi Karasuma

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
Writers: Tatsuya Kanazawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Assassination Classroom (Live-Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 7

CAST

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251+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Eiichiro Hasumi, shot by Tomoo Ezaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Kazunari Ninomiya and Ryosuke Yamada and Masaki Suda carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3853452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Eiichiro Hasumi directs. Tomoo Ezaki behind the camera. Naoki Sato scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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1Released 11 years ago.
2Part of the "Assassination Classroom (Live-Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3251+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Eiichiro Hasumi, shot by Tomoo Ezaki. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Naoki Sato. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Kazunari Ninomiya and Ryosuke Yamada and Masaki Suda carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt3853452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "japan", "monster", "moon", "assassination".
9Released under 14 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tomoo Ezaki
Original score: Naoki Sato
Production design: Yoji Abeki
VFX supervisor: Jeong Jaehoon
Sound: Masaru Ohgawara
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $25,000,000
Original language: JA
IMDB: Assassination Classroom (2015)

Part of

Assassination Classroom (Live-Action) Collection

The students of class 3-E have a mission: kill their teacher before graduation. He has already destroyed the moon, and has promised to destroy the Earth if he can not be killed within a year. But how can this class of misfits kill a tentacled monster, capable of reaching Mach 20 speed, who may be the best teacher any of them have ever had?

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Reno2017-03-16
★ 7/10
A strange tale of class E. I had zero idea about the film. Anybody who reads the title correctly would think it might be a horror or a crime-thriller. It was the same case for me as well. This is a strong name for a children's film, particularly in the west. Remember 'Jack the Giant Killer' was renamed as '...Giant Slayer' for the same reason. But adults do not care, especially the youngsters. Such films are measured by how much blood shed. Anyway, it was well designed. From the story to the characters. So this was adapted from a famous manga series of the same name. Recently an anime series as well made out of it and was received so well. The creativity has no limits, that's how Japanese manga and animes flourished when the western world shifted their focus on 3D animation. Even the Marvel and DC made a bigger stride in motion pictures. This is an alien invasion theme, but very unique, probably only kind. It is more like a computer game than a film. Just take a gun and have a great time killing the strange creature(s). Just like most of the films in the 'Resident Evil' franchise. From the director of 'Oppai Valleyball'. The film is about the students and their class E from a junior high school that was invaded by an alien intelligence. He who claims the responsibility for most part of the moon's disappearance and pledged to do the same to earth by the end of the year. Now with the full support of government and armed agencies, the class E students are given full license to kill the alien and win the great prize. Provided them human friendly weapons and assassination training, the game begins. ❝Even though he's a powerful who can destroy the world, everyone is saying he's quite good at teaching.❞ By learning the storyline, you might think it is easy, but that's the trick part. Because Korosensei (the name was given to it by class E students) is lightening fast and no bullet can hit him. You can call it something like Japanese version of 'The Flash'. Even he looks like a smile emoji with weird smiling sound, but the facial expression changes according to the situations like the different emoticons. The concept of the film definitely looks great for manga and anime, but live-action is different and they did make it work. The film was close to two hours, and they filled it with quite interesting stuffs. That means I did not face any trouble with the film's pace. Most of the story takes place in the classroom and its surroundings. Great character, as well, well developed story at different levels to make it a good entertaining product. Despite Korosensei is the villain, he was quite likable character. His dialogues, his dedication in teaching, he can be easily forgiven, but his threats are very serious. It's a matter of defending the earth and human pride. So that's the major difference between humans, including class E and him. But all this is in a comedy film, that's the great about the film. Honestly, I did not get a few jokes, as they are meant very close to the Japanese sense of humour. But still a very enjoyable film by outsiders. There's already a sequel was made by the same director called 'The Graduation', but it was not as successful as this one. I can't rule out anything till I saw it myself. Hope I would see it as soon as possible. Meanwhile, if you haven't seen it yet, surely worth an attempt. But don't expect too much fancy like the western sci-fis. If you are familiar with the Japanese style of storytelling, you would know your limit. Like many manga adaptations to the big screens, I'm very thankful. Because I'm unlucky to get a chance to read those mangas as I can't get them anywhere near me. Anyway, I'm not a book guy, but films. So this format works for me and I'm loving it. 7/10

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