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Kanji | 学校の怪談 | ||||
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Directed by | Hideyuki Hirayama | ||||
Screenplay by | Satoko Okudera[1] | ||||
Story by | Toru Tsunemitsu[1] | ||||
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Cinematography | Kozo Shibazaki[1] | ||||
Edited by | Akimasa Kawashima[1] | ||||
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Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 100 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
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.