Japanese Movies by Genre: High school

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  Tsumi no Yohaku (2015)

  Director: Yukichi Otsuka
  Plot: Satoshi Ando is University psychology professor who raised his daughter Kana on his own since the death of his wife many years earlier. One day, Kana dies by falling from the balcony of her high school and it remains unclear whether the incident was an accident or suicide. Ando is overcome with despair and feels guilty that, as a psychology expert, he didn't recognize any warning signs. Wanting to believe his daughter's death was an accident, he contacts one of Kana's high school friends to find out more.Yoshimoto will play a girl named Saki who sits atop the school's social ladder and is on the verge of breaking into the entertainment industry. Both beautiful and intelligent, Saki is able to manipulate adults and treats her friends like underlings. When Ando discovers Saki was involved in his daughter's death, he becomes determined to make sure she doesn't get away with it as a battle of wits ensues.
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  Biri Gyaru (2015)

  Director: Nobuhiro Doi
  Plot: Blonde-haired "gyaru" Sayaka has always been more interested in fashion than her studies. Because of this, she now has the scholastic aptitude of a 4th grader as a second-year high school student. However, when she visits a cram school, lecturer Mr. Tsubota recognizes her innate intelligence. After an informal discussion, and with the support of her family, Sayaka becomes determined not only to improve her grades, but to spend her final year of high school working hard toward getting accepted into prestigious Keio University.
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  Strobe Edge (2015)

  Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
  Plot: Ninako Kinoshita is a high school freshman with no experience in love. When she meets Ren Ichinose--a handsome boy who's popular with all of their female classmates--on a train during their commute home, she starts encountering him more regularly and gradually develops feelings for him. However, Ren already has an older girlfriend. As the relationship of these two is explored, several other people in their lives must deal with their own feelings of unrequited love.
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  Ao Haru Ride (2014)

  Director: Takahiro Miki
  Plot: Although Futaba Yoshioka was popular with boys in middle school, she only liked a caring, sensitive boy named Ko. Unfortunately, he moved away before she could tell him how she truly felt. Years later, the two are reunited in high school. However, Ko's personality seems to be very different than it once was.
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  Samu Life (2015)

  Director: Takeshi Moriya
  Plot: Nagaoka has big ideas for his own version of the ideal education system which runs counter to the traditional school establishment. He runs a shot bar with the goal of earning enough money to start his own school and soon takes a young group of teaching disciples under his wing as they work together toward the same goal.
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  As the Gods Will (2014)

  Director: Takashi Miike
  Plot: A 2nd-year high school student named Shun Takahata lives an ordinary teenage life until one day a malevolent Daruma doll appears in front of his class and forces the students to participate in a series of children's games such as “Daruma-san ga Koronda" with death as the penalty for losing. With no knowledge of who's behind the games, he's left with no other choice but to keep winning as his only means of protecting himself and his childhood friend, Ichika. Meanwhile, a troubled classmate named Takeru seems to actually be relishing the opportunity to get other students killed.