Definitely one of my favorite of his. Most unpredictably unhinged. It’s actually a remKe, but I’ve never seen the original
The Lesson of the Evil
Recommended.
I do wish this one was about 20 minutes shorter, but there is a lot to like in this one, especially once things get moving in the second half.
A young, handsome teacher is very popular with his students. What they are in the dark about, though, is that one of his hobbies is killing people. Once he gets sick and tired of all the bullying and cruel treatment at school, he takes out his urge to kill on the students.
Miike-violence ensues.
Good movie, glad I had a chance to see it. It was hard to find and I had to track down a Blu-ray of it.
This review nailed it on Letterboxd:
“Holy shit Miike. It’s like Patrick Bateman or Battle Royale’s Kazuo Kiriyama was your home-room teacher and decided to chaperone the school’s Halloween party.”