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The Drifting Classroom (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 104 mins · Japanese
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- Directed by
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Starring
- Toshie Negishi, Kaho Minami, Troy Donahue, Nenji Kobayashi, Yoshiko Mita, Yasufumi Hayashi
An entire Japanese international grade school—students and teachers alike—are mysteriously whisked into a foreboding desert wasteland. As the student body shrinks, they endure an apocalyptic crisis, hunt for clues about their surroundings, and struggle with psychological breakdowns while confronting relentless, dangerous external forces.
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