School in the Crosshairs

Original title: Nerawareta gakuen

19811981
1h 30m

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6.1/10

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Ryôichi Takayanagi and Hiroko Yakushimaru in School in the Crosshairs (1981)

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Mitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by stealing the student go... Read allMitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by stealing the student government election, Yuka and her friends vow to stop him. The election has uncovered someth... Read allMitamura Yuka (Hiroko Yakushimaru) is a normal shy middle school student that has psychic powers. When a new student with similar powers begins to show his skills, by stealing the student government election, Yuka and her friends vow to stop him. The election has uncovered something which will put Yuka's powers to the ultimate test!

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

324

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The role of the nerd Arikawa has been played by Tezuka Macoto, son of the great Osamu.

Connections
Referenced in My Bride Is a Mermaid: School in the Crosshairs (2007)

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6/10

Sweet Japanese weirdness

Yuka is a normal happy schoolgirl who happens to have psychic powers. When another girl possessed by an interdimensional being arrives at school and tries to impose a military style discipline, Yuka finds herself in the moral obligation to defend humanity against the oppressive desires of the interdimensional being who happens to be the universe itself! (He also comes from Venus).

The film is funny, weird and cute at the same time. Maybe it lacked some character development and coherence specially through the second half but maybe it was just the bad translation which made it a bit senseless from time to time. Still a cute movie which will please fans of school-themed animes and weird Japanese stories.

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