More cast members revealed for Takashi Miike’s "Lesson of Evil"

By kevin on May 09, 2012 at 9:20pm EDT

Today more cast members were announced for Takashi Miike’s upcoming psychological thriller, Lesson of Evil (Aku no Kyoten).

Most notably, Fumi Nikaido and Shota Sometani will once again appear together as students after co-starring in Sion Sono’s Himizu last year. The pair took home Marcello Mastroianni Awards for Best New Actor and Actress at the 68th Venice International Film Festival back in September for their respective performances.

Other cast additions include fellow Venice veterans Kento Hayashi and Takayuki Yamada.

“Aku no Kyoten” will star Hideaki Ito, who typically plays heroic characters, as an evil teacher named Seiji Hasumi who murders his students to make his life easier.

The roles of the four new cast additions have also all been revealed. Nikaido will play Reika Katagiri, a student who quickly becomes suspicious of Hasumi. Sometani will play Keisuke Hayami, who Reika suspects of being the ringleader of the cheaters in school. Hayashi will play Masahiko Maejima, a homosexual co-worker of Hasumi. And finally, Yamada will play Tetsuro Shibahara, a physical education teacher who sexually harasses a student.

Miike plans to get post-production done quickly after filming is completed so he can get the movie screened at some international film festivals this year. A domestic release is now set for November 10, 2012.

Source: Cinema Today