- Gakkō no Kaidan (film)
Infobox Film
name = Gakkô no kaidan
caption = The DVD cover art for a Chinese market
writer =
starring = Kasumi Toyama
Shiori Yonezawa
Hajime Atsuta
Junichiro Tsukada
Shohei Machida
director = Hideyuki Hirayama
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movie_music =
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released = 1995 (Japan )
runtime = 104 min.
language = Japanese
country = flagicon|JapanJapan
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imdb_id = 0229403Gakkō no Kaidan (学校の怪談) (1995) is the first of a series of Japanese horror movies based in the book series created by
Toru Tsunemitsu . Unlike most horror flicks, this movie was intended to receive a family-friendly rating by Japanese standards.Plot
The movie revolves around an elementary school, where a girl called Mika disappears mysteriously after following the sound of laughter into the bathroom. The rumors of the school being haunted, strange things happening around 4:44 AM and the disappearance of children soon come to emerge, but Mika's older sister and her friends decide to go after Mika despite this. However, they soon find out that the all the rumors are true, and now they not only have to find the girl, but also for save themselves from the nasty ghosts that haunt the school building.
External links
* [http://www.cinemafareast.de/filme_g/gakkou_no_kaidan.htm Review and synopsis in Cinema Far East]
* [http://www.sarudama.com/japanese_movies/gakkounokaidan1.shtml Review and synopsis in Sarudama.com]
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