Lesson of the Evil (2012)
2h 9m
Running Time
November 10, 2012Release Date
Lesson of the Evil (2012)
2h 9m
Running Time
November 10, 2012Release Date
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Plot.
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school cultural festival, he sees staging a massacre as the only way out.
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Cast & Crew.
![Hideaki Ito](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25245-hideaki-ito.webp)
Hideaki Ito
Seiji Hasumi
![Fumi Nikaido](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/41171-fumi-nikaido.webp)
Fumi Nikaido
Reika Katagiri
![Shota Sometani](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/28706-shota-sometani.webp)
Shota Sometani
Keisuke Hayami
![Kento Hayashi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/53130-kento-hayshi.webp)
Kento Hayashi
Masahiko Maejima
![Kodai Asaka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/103520-kodai-asaka.webp)
Kodai Asaka
Yuichiro Nagoshi
![Erina Mizuno](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/108977-erina-mizuno.webp)
Erina Mizuno
Miya Yasuhara
![KENTA](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
KENTA
Masahiro Tadenuma
![Takayuki Yamada](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10788-takayuki-yamada.webp)
Takayuki Yamada
Tetsuro Shibahara
![Mitsuru Fukikoshi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3069-mitsuru-fukikoshi.webp)
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Masanobu Tsurii
![Nicole Balsam](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/115004-nicole-balsam.webp)
Nicole Balsam
Maggie
![Takehiro Hira](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/95682-takehiro-hira.webp)
Takehiro Hira
Takeki Kume
![Shun Miyazato](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/120624-shun-miyazato.webp)
Shun Miyazato
Naoki Isada
![Yukito Nishii](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/35743-yukito-nishii.webp)
Yukito Nishii
Kakeru Takagi
![Uji Kiyotaka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/106973-uji-kiyotaka.webp)
Uji Kiyotaka
Tsubasa Matsui
![Yosuke Isomura](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/120622-yosuke-isomura.webp)
Yosuke Isomura
Tooru Arima
![Ryunosuke Suzuki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/68779-ryunosuke-suzuki.webp)
Ryunosuke Suzuki
Ryota Sasaki
![Fujiko Kojima](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/106261-fujiko-kojima.webp)
Fujiko Kojima
Misaki Abe
![Honami Tsukada](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/117068-honami-tsukada.webp)
Honami Tsukada
Risako Serizawa
![Yukino Kishii](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/115164-yukino-kishii.webp)
Yukino Kishii
Ai Hoshida
![Hirona Yamazaki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63263-hirona-yamazaki.webp)
Hirona Yamazaki
Yuuki Tsukahara
![Takemi Fujii](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/105118-takemi-fujii.webp)
Takemi Fujii
Rina Kiyota
![Kenichi Takitoh](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/4140-kenichi-takitoh.webp)
Kenichi Takitoh
Rina Kiyota's father
![Sairi Ito](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/63254-sairi-itoh.webp)
Sairi Ito
Ayumi Nagai
![Mayu Matsuoka](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/9468-mayu-matsuoka.webp)
Mayu Matsuoka
Satomi Shirai
![Riku Ozeki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/188593-riku-ozeki.webp)
Riku Ozeki
Kengo Watarai
![Raiki Nemoto](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/188594-raiki-nemoto.webp)
Raiki Nemoto
Nakamura
![Michael Edward Murphy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Edward Murphy
Stock Trader
![Yuga Akiyama](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yuga Akiyama
Hajime Wakimura
![Jodi Lynn Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jodi Lynn Smith
Suzanna
![Narumi Akizuki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/419236-narumi-akizuki.webp)
Narumi Akizuki
Ari Kashiwabara
![Rena Kanzaki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rena Kanzaki
Madoka
![Toshi Takeuchi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/419238-toshi-takeuchi.webp)
Toshi Takeuchi
Akira Suzuki
![Noriko Nakagoshi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/70983-noriko-nakagoshi.webp)
Noriko Nakagoshi
Satoko Mizuochi
![Tasuku Nagase](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/74342-tasuku-nagase.webp)
Tasuku Nagase
Shuhei Naruse
![Ryo Iwamatsu](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/179010-ryo-iwamatsu.webp)
Ryo Iwamatsu
Masao Nadamori
![Ruth Tunney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ruth Tunney
Stock Trader
![Atsushi Arai](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/335508-atsushi-arai.webp)
Atsushi Arai
Takuto Kato
![Jab](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jab
Clay Chambers
![Yuusuke Kishi](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yuusuke Kishi
Novel
![Takashi Miike](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17491-takashi-miike.webp)
Takashi Miike
Director / Screenplay
![Akihiro Yamauchi](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/172697-akihiro-yamauchi.webp)
Akihiro Yamauchi
Executive Producer
![Tôru Mori](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tôru Mori
Producer
![Brandon Powers](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Brandon Powers
Casting
![Eri Sakushima](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eri Sakushima
Art Direction
![Harley Kaplan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harley Kaplan
Casting
![Sawako Ohzu](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sawako Ohzu
Casting
![Koji Endo](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1117441-koji-endo.webp)
Koji Endo
Original Music Composer
![Koji Azuma](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Koji Azuma
Producer
![Misako Saka](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Misako Saka
Producer
![Nobuyasu Kita](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Nobuyasu Kita
Director of Photography
![Yuji Hayashida](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yuji Hayashida
Art Direction
![Kenji Yamashita](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kenji Yamashita
Editor
![Akira Sakamoto](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Akira Sakamoto
Set Decoration
![Jun Nakamura](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jun Nakamura
Sound
![Yoshimi Watabe](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yoshimi Watabe
Gaffer
![Kentaro Harada](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kentaro Harada
Assistant Director
![Yûya Maeda](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yûya Maeda
Costume Design
![Kenji Shibasaki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1125440-kenji-shibasaki.webp)
Kenji Shibasaki
Sound Effects
![Kaori Ohtagaki](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kaori Ohtagaki
CGI Director
![Yûichi Matsui](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Yûichi Matsui
Special Effects Makeup Artist
![Keiji Tsuji](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Keiji Tsuji
Stunt Coordinator
![Kiyomi Kanazawa](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kiyomi Kanazawa
Coordinating Producer
![Hisashi Usui](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hisashi Usui
Supervising Producer
![Tomoyuki Imai](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tomoyuki Imai
Line Producer
Media.
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Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 2012
Original Name悪の教典
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Aku no Kyōten (悪の教典, literally "Lesson of Evil"), known in English as Lesson of the Evil, is a 2012 Japanese thriller film directed by Takashi Miike starring Hideaki Itō. It is an adaptation of Yusuke Kishi's 2010 novel of the same name. A seinen manga under the same name, illustrated by Eiji Karasuyama, was also released in 2012 by Kodansha in Good! Afternoon magazine. The story contains many references to German culture, such as mention of Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther and a vinyl record playing "Mack the Knife" by Bertolt Brecht.
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