JAPAN · 1987

The Drifting Classroom

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese New Wave apocalyptic survival psychological horror isolation and confinement loss of innocence reality distortion
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An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.

Year1987
CountryJapan
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
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