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School-Live!
Theatrical teaser poster.
Directed byIssei Shibata
Written byIssei Shibata
Based onSchool-Live!
by Norimitsu Kaihō
Produced byToshinori Yamaguchi
Starring
  • Midori Nagatsuki
  • Nanami Abe
  • Wakana Majima
  • Rio Kiyohara
  • Nonoka Ono
  • Daichi Kaneko
CinematographyKazuaki Yoshizawa
Edited bySagara Naoichiro
Music byShu Kanematsu
Production
company
Dub Inc.
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Regents(Japan)
Sentai Filmworks(International)
Release date
  • January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)
(Japan)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

School-Live! (Japanese: がっこうぐらし!, Hepburn: Gakkō Gurashi!) is a 2019 Japanese horror film and adaptation of the manga series by Norimitsu Kaihō. A live-action film adaptation of School-Live! was announced in an issue of Manga Time Kirara Forward in November 2017,[1][2] and it was released by Universal Pictures and Regents in Japan on January 25, 2019.[3][4]

The film is directed by Issei Shibata and starred the members of the idol group Last Idol.[5]

School-Live! received mixed reviews from critics. Criticism was aimed at the screenplay, plot, inconsistent tone, lack of originality, special effects, and character development.

Sentai Filmworks distributed the film in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal in 2021[6]

Premise

It tells the story of Kurumi Ebisuzawa, Yuki Takeya, Yuuri Wakasa and Miki Naoki attending the same high school in Japan, but they also know one another because they reside in the school's dormitory and having a school club. The school girls are having fun until a zombie outbreak occurs, infecting the school population. The four girls must now learn to survive in this new world, if they want to stay alive.

Cast

  • Midori Nagatsuki as Yuki Takeya
  • Nanami Abe as Kurumi Ebisuzawa
  • Wakana Majima as Yūri Wakasa
  • Rio Kiyohara as Miki Naoki
  • Nonoka Ono as "Megu-nee" Megumi Sakura
  • Daichi Kaneko as Tsumugi Katsuragi

Reception

Matt Schley from Japan Times gave the film a negative review and a 1.5 out of 5 citing: "Being aggressively boring, in fact, is the greatest sin of “School-Live” The principle that each scene of a film should push the story forward is discarded with abandon."[7]

Despite the movie's reception, the movie was praised by the authors of the original School-Live! manga.[8]

References

  1. ^ "School-Live! Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. November 21, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Live-Action School-Live! Film Is Slated for 2018". Anime News Network. November 23, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  3. ^ "Live-Action School-Live! Film's Visual Reveals January Opening". Anime News Network. September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Live-Action School-Live! Film Reveals Visual, January 25 Opening". Anime News Network. December 4, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "Live-Action School-Live! Film Casts 'Last Idol' Group". Anime News Network. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Sentai Braces for the Zombie Apocalypse with "School-Live! ~the movie"". Sentai Filmworks. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  7. ^ Schley, Matt (2019-01-30). "'School-Live!': Zombie flick lands dead on arrival". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  8. ^ "School-Live! Movie praised by creators".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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