Panic in High School (1978)

Name: Panic in High School
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Released: 1978-08-19

1h 34m

Running Time

August 19, 1978
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Plot.

A parable about the inefficiency and anachronism of the Japanese educational system, which places an unusually large amount of importance on cramming for university entrance examinations, Panic High School is about the suicide of a high school student and its ensuing fallout at his school. When one of his classmates becomes frustrated with the math teacher's lack of sensitivity to the suicide, the student steals a rifle, returns to school, aerates the teacher's chest and then holds members of his class captive. This leads to an aggressive standoff with the police and lots of shots of his parents crying and bowing in shame, totally mortified.

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Release Date
August 19, 1978

Original Name
高校大パニック

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 34m

Genres
Thriller Crime

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Panic High School (高校大パニック, Koko Dai Panikku), also known as High School Big Panic and Panic in High School, is a Japanese youth suspense action film directed by Gakuryū Ishii and Yukihiro Sawada. The film is a remake of a film of the same name released the year before and also directed by Ishii. The plot follows Jono, a high school student who steals a rifle and shoots at his school staff before holding multiple students hostage as revenge for the school's oppressive academic system. It was released in Japan on August 19, 1978.