Gakkō no Kaidan (movie)

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Gakkô no kaidan
The DVD cover art for a Chinese market
Directed by	Hideyuki Hirayama
Starring	Kasumi Toyama Shiori Yonezawa Hajime Atsuta Junichiro Tsukada Shohei Machida
Release date(s)	1995 (Japan)
Running time	104 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
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Gakkō 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.

[edit] Plot

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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 missing 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.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

The explanation of that time (4:44 AM) in particular is that in Japanese culture, "4" is an unlucky number (similar to "13" in the US) and because it's still in the middle of the night.