Remake of his own, first 8mm film, which played to sold-out Tokyo movie houses back in 1977, “Panic in High School”, is an impressive film, particularly when one considers that Ishii was just 20 years old when he shot it. Nikkatsu did not take any chances, however, adding Roman Porno veteran Yukihiro Sawada to help with the direction, in a collaboration that resulted in a truly punk production that thrives on its tension.
The film begins with a school kid counting his steps from the street to the top of block of flats, just before he jumps from the roof, in a rather shocking and indicative for what is about to follow intro. The news of the suicide shake the student body of the school the young man attended, but the school master has nothing but a few vague words for the tragic incident, instead asking them to focus on their studies,...
The film begins with a school kid counting his steps from the street to the top of block of flats, just before he jumps from the roof, in a rather shocking and indicative for what is about to follow intro. The news of the suicide shake the student body of the school the young man attended, but the school master has nothing but a few vague words for the tragic incident, instead asking them to focus on their studies,...
- 3/22/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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