Gakuryu ISHII 石井岳龍
Panic High School
高校大パニック
Nippon Retro ²
Sogo ISHII's debut short film PANIC HIGH SCHOOL was shot on 8mm, but it encompasses much of the rage, the energy and the socio-political concerns that would characterise his later works. A high school student snaps and brings a rifle to school with every intention of using it on his teachers and classmates.
高校大パニック
Koko dai panikku
Japan 1976
17 minutes
Director
Gakuryu ISHII
World sales
Dragon Mountain
Cast
Masanobu UMEZU, Jo NAKAMURA
About Gakuryu ISHII
石井岳龍
Gakuryu (Sogo) ISHII was born in Fukuoka in 1957. His dystopian punk rock musical BURST CITY (1982) made him one of the precursors of the Japanese cyberpunk movement of the 1980s. Since then he has worked with renowned Japanese actors and international punk bands on numerous short and feature films. NIPPON CONNECTION dedicated a retrospective to his work in 2013.