
Lesson of the Evil(2012)
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer who concocts an extreme plan to deal with the rise of bullying and bad behavior among the student body.


Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Akira Dojima
Maya Kurosu
Yuki Kawamura

Ikkei Watanabe
Mamoru Yaba

Yuma Ishigaki
Ashihara

Chiaki Kuriyama
Reika Dojima
Maaya Ono
Danta's Girlfriend
Ayumi Shigemori
Hiromi Nosaka

Akaji Maro
Daimon

Ren Osugi
Yuichiro Jonouchi

Hiromitsu Suzuki
Deguchi
Persona is a horror, fantasy, thriller, mystery film released in 2000 exploring themes of based on novel or book, japanese high school. Directed by Takashi Komatsu, it stars Tatsuya Fujiwara, Maya Kurosu, Ikkei Watanabe. Into the bully-infested home room class struts a fearless, ceramic-masked student. Squarely confronting a gang of ruffians, it is soon discovered that behind the mask is none other than Danta, an otherwise weakling student who has heretofore been picked on relentlessly by these same bullies. Donned with his mask, however, Danta exhibits a totally other personality, lacking fear and intimidation. The other students, looking on, soon experiment with the power of masks and find to their glee that behind a facade of anonymity, they experience an overwhelming power to act without the confines of self-consciousness.
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