School Ghost Story G

1998 1h 11m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 14

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Synopsis

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A quartet of ghost stories taking place at school: a girl who drowned in the pool begins terrorizing the students by eating their food; two girls are attacked by a mysterious woman; a boy answers a mysterious ringing phone he finds in the street; when Kazumi and her friends experiment on psychic abilities, something malevolent attacks.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Medaka Ikeno
Aki Maeda
Masashi Muta
Shungicu Uchida
Houka Kinoshita
Takako Fuji

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Writers: Tetsu Maeda, Chiaki J. Konaka, Hiroshi Takahashi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "School Ghost Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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

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CAST

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Medaka Ikeno and Aki Maeda and Masashi Muta carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0330312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takashi Shimizu directs. Hitomi Shimizu scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "School Ghost Story Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Hitomi Shimizu. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Medaka Ikeno and Aki Maeda and Masashi Muta carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0330312 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Original score: Hitomi Shimizu
Runtime: 71 min · 1h 11m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: School Ghost Story G (1998)

Part of

School Ghost Story Collection

Specials derived from a kids' show called the Hankyu Drama Series, a long-running Japanese television drama block produced by Kansai TV and Takarazuka Eizo. The show went on to have several spin-off TV specials, two of which served as prequels to the Ju-On series: 4444444444 and Katasumi (both part of School Ghost Story G).