School-Live! (film)

2019 Japanese film

School-Live!

Theatrical teaser poster.

Japanese name
Kanji| がっこうぐらし!
| Transcriptions

Revised Hepburn| Gakkō Gurashi!
Directed by| Issei Shibata
Written by| Issei Shibata
Based on| School-Live!
by Norimitsu Kaihō
Produced by| Toshinori Yamaguchi
Starring|

* Midori Nagatsuki
* Nanami Abe
* Wakana Majima
* Rio Kiyohara
* Nonoka Ono
* Daichi Kaneko

Cinematography| Kazuaki Yoshizawa
Edited by| Sagara Naoichiro
Music by| Shu Kanematsu

Production
company

Dub Inc.

Distributed by| Universal Pictures
Regents(Japan)
Sentai Filmworks(International)

Release date

* January 25, 2019 (2019-01-25)

(Japan)

Running time

| 105 minutes
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

School-Live! (Japanese: がっこうぐらし!, Hepburn: Gakkō Gurashi!) is a 2019 Japanese horror film. It is an adaptation of the manga series of the same name by Norimitsu Kaihō and Sadoru Chiba. The film 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] 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.[6]

## Premise

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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

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* 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

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Matt Schley from The Japan Times gave the film a score of 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] The movie was praised by the authors of the original School-Live! manga series.[8]

## References

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1. ^ Ressler, Karen (November 21, 2017). "School-Live! Manga Gets Live-Action Film". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
2. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (November 23, 2017). "Live-Action School-Live! Film Is Slated for 2018". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 20, 2018). "Live-Action School-Live! Film's Visual Reveals January Opening". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
4. ^ Sherman, Jennifer (December 4, 2018). "Live-Action School-Live! Film Reveals Visual, January 25 Opening". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
5. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (December 14, 2017). "Live-Action School-Live! Film Casts 'Last Idol' Group". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 15, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
6. ^ "Sentai Braces for the Zombie Apocalypse with "School-Live! ~the movie"". Sentai Filmworks. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
7. ^ Schley, Matt (January 30, 2019). "'School-Live!': Zombie flick lands dead on arrival". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
8. ^ "School-Live! Movie praised by creators". Aniplus. November 17, 2018. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website (in Japanese)
* School-Live! at IMDb
* School-Live! on Rotten Tomatoes