Apologies for the lack of posts all week, Rin moved out of her father's home and is getting some things sorted out. She got a job, too - congrats, Rin!
Anyway, today's post is again about Japanese movies.
悪の経典 Lesson of the Evil was originally a book written by 貴志祐介 Yuusuke Kishi, the author of a series called 新世界より Shinsekai Yori (From the New World) which was then turned into an anime. I liked both original novels, and when I heard Lesson of the Evil was made into a film, I really couldn't resist, despite the amount of essays I should be writing right now.....
The book is about a high school teacher called Seiji Hasumi (AKA Hasumin to the students) who is very talented and popular among teachers, students and parents. However, he is also a psychopath - he lacks the ability to emphasize, and when things go wrong for him, he would do anything to set things right for his benefit, until he decides things have gone too out of control, and makes an unbelievable decision.
The genre itself is a thriller, with a few bloody scenes towards the end. I'm not entirely sure of the rating so I'd say it was probably a 15+, but there's no 'jumpy scenes' typical to horror films, so you should all be okay.
The main character of course is Hasumin, who is an English teacher. It must be strange to think that a Japanese man would teach English at a Japanese high school, but it happens a lot of the time.
It stars 伊藤英明 Hideaki Ito who was in the J-drama Buzzer Beat.
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I'm sorry the image quality isn't great, but I hope that gives a small taster of what the movie might be... maybe.
You can watch the film here with Japanese audio & English subtitles.
Enjoy♪
