Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.
Kyoko Fukada
Machiko Yuki
Masaya Katō
Isamu Kurabayashi
Thane Camus
David Thornhill
Shuntaro Hani
Self
Tomoka Hayashi
Haruko Ono
Ito Yozaburo
Tomio Nishida
Yôsuke Kawamura
Yû Kurosawa
Yoshiko Yamazaki
Hineki Mito
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Izumi Wakusawa
School Day of the Dead is a drama, mystery, crime film released in 2000 exploring themes of transfer student, japanese high school, asian culture. Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, it stars Kyoko Fukada, Masaya Katō, Thane Camus. Some students decide to set up a play written by one of their classmates, who has commited suicide. The play is based on a tragic and mysterious legend about a love affair between two teachers at the school long ago. Some girls then accidentally stumble over some information about the legend, and the girl who commited suicide. Shortly after, the girls start turning up dead in seeming accidents.
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