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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.
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- Director
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Written by
- Kazuo Umezu, Izo Hashimoto
- Produced by
- Hirohiko Suekichi, Kenichi Nakamura, Nobutsugu Tsubomi
- Composer
- Joe Hisaishi
- Cinematographer
- Yoshiyuki Shima
- Editors
- Nobuhiko Obayashi, Nobuo Ogawa
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Language
- ja
- TMDB
- 5.2/10 (10 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.6/10 (341 votes)
Cast

Yasufumi Hayashi
Sho Takamatsu

Kiwako Harada
Kazuko

Yuki Kitazume
Tatsuya Fugiki

Nenji Kobayashi
Yoshio

Kaho Minami
Midori

Yoshiko Mita
Emiko

Toshie Negishi
TV Reporter

Toshinori Omi
Sekiya

Etsushi Takahashi
Dr. Jackie Yamatojima

Aiko Asano
Ayumi
Vajra Barzaghi
Bernard
Leana D'Aloisio
Debbie
Marcus Daub
Piggy

Troy Donahue
Taggart
Dennis Falt
Robin
Kwanchai Faulkner
Lisa
Elizabeth Hoffler
Miss Sue
Aura Lani
Jessica
Crew

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director

Izo Hashimoto
Writer

Kazuo Umezu
Novel

Mitsutoshi Ishigami
Adaptation
Yoji Ogura
Adaptation
Hirohiko Suekichi
Producer
Kenichi Nakamura
Producer
Nobutsugu Tsubomi
Producer

Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Yoshiyuki Shima
Director of Photography
Nobuo Ogawa
Editor

Kazuo Satsuya
Production Design
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User Notes
This is my favourite flawed goofyass film. I think about it a lot.

















