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- language: Japanese
- director: Sion Sono
- actor: Chihiro Shibata Erina Mano Mariko Shinoda Maryjun Takahashi Reina Triendl Sayaka Isoyama Yuki Sakurai
Synopsis:
Female highs school students, including Mitsuko (Reina Triendl), Keiko (Mariko Shinoda) and Izumi (Erina Mano), become the targets of ghosts with various appearances including a groom with a pig’s face and female teacher with a machine gun.
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