Underplayed Gems

Toire no Hanako-san (1995)

Toire no Hanako-san poster
Original title
トイレの花子さん
Directed by
Joji Matsuoka
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
G
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A group of students encounter the ghost of a young girl who haunts a school bathroom. The story follows their attempts to understand and survive the haunting.

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What happens

Toire no Hanako-san (Japanese: トイレの花子さん) (English: Hanako-san of the Toilet), also known as School Mystery or Phantom of the Toilet, is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Jōji Matsuoka. Based on the Japanese urban legend of Hanako-san, the ghost of a young girl who haunts school bathrooms, the film stars Takayuki Inoue, Ai Maeda, Yuka Kōno, Etsushi Toyokawa, and Nene Ohtsuka. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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