School Ghost Stories

School Ghost Stories
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji学校の怪談
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnGakkō no Kaidan
Directed byHideyuki Hirayama
Screenplay bySatoko Okudera[1]
Story byToru Tsunemitsu[1]
Starring
CinematographyKozo Shibazaki[1]
Edited byAkimasa Kawashima[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release dates
  • July 8, 1995 (1995-07-08) (Japan)
  • September 1, 2005 (2005-09-01) (Philippines)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryJapan
Box office¥2.55 billion (Japan)

School Ghost Stories (Japanese: 学校の怪談, Hepburn: Gakkō no Kaidan), also known as Haunted School, is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.[1] It follows a group of schoolchildren who encounter spirits and other supernatural happenings in an abandoned wing of their elementary school.

The film is the first installment in the School Ghost Stories film series, and was followed by School Ghost Stories 2 in 1996.

  1. ^ a b c d e f Galbraith IV 2008, p. 390.