Principal Examination (2025)

Name: Principal Examination
Released: 2025-06-20

Original title: 中山教頭の人生テスト
Country: Japan
Rated: 18

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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A school vice principal faces a series of personal and professional tests that challenge his values and relationships. The story follows his quiet struggles in a Japanese high school setting.

measuredintrospectivecontemplativesincerewarmgroundedobservationalcharacter-driven

What happens

『中山教頭の人生テスト』は、2025年に製作された日本のヒューマンドラマ映画。監督・脚本は『教誨師』や『夜を走る』の佐向大。 2019年公開の映画『半世界』で第34回高崎映画祭の最優秀助演男優賞、第32回日刊スポーツ映画大賞の助演男優賞を受賞し、屈指の演技派俳優として知られる渋川清彦が主演を務めた。 2025年6月20日より東京・新宿武蔵野館、YEBISU GARDEN CINEMAほか全国劇場にて公開。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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