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School Ghost Stories 3
Japanese film poster
Directed by	Shūsuke Kaneko
Screenplay by	Shūsuke Kaneko Mitsuru Shimada
Produced by	Yoshinori Fujita Kazuhiko Seda Norio Kimura
Starring	Naomi Nishida Hitomi Kuroki Hideki Noda
Cinematography	Kozo Shibazaki
Music by	Kow Otani
Production companies	Toho Co., Ltd. Sundance Company
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	July 19, 1997 (1997-07-19)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.150 billion

School Ghost Stories 3 (Japanese: 学校の怪談３, Hepburn: Gakkō no Kaidan 3), also known as Haunted School 3, is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. The film is about elementary school children who are taken to an alternate universe through a school mirror.

The film was one of the higher grossing Japanese films in 1997, grossing as much as Rebirth of Mothra and Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth. The film won Naomi Nishida the award for Best Newcomer at the 21st Japan Academy Prize.

Cast

Naomi Nishida as Kaoru Yahashi
Hitomi Kuroki as Machiko Kubota
Hideki Noda as a school teacher
Takuma Yoshizawa as Ryo Kubota
Aki Maeda as Mayuko Fujii
Takeru Higa as Taichi
Kazuki Yamada as Makoto Ota
Hironobu Nomura as Teacher Tameyama
Masahiko Tsugawa as the school master
Machiko Watanabe as Makoto's mother
Kei Satō as Takuya

Release

School Ghost Stories 3 was released in Japan on July 19, 1997 where it was distributed by Toho. The film grossed a total of 1.150 billion yen on its theatrical release in Japan.

Reception

Naomi Nishida won the Award for Best Newcomer at the 21st Japan Academy Prize.

References

^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 400.
^ "1997年（1月～12月）" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
第21回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品 (in Japanese). Japan Academy Prize. Retrieved October 13, 2015.

Bibliography

Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.

External links

School Ghost Stories 3 at IMDb
Review at Sarudama

v t e Films directed by Shusuke Kaneko
Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984) Minna Agechau (1985) Last Cabaret (1988) Summer Vacation 1999 (1988) Who Do I Choose? (1989) Hong Kong Paradise (1990) My Soul Is Slashed (1991) No Worries on the Recruit Front (1991) Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan (1993) Necronomicon (1993) It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994) Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) School Ghost Stories 3 (1997) Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) Pyrokinesis (2000) Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005) Death Note (2006) Death Note: The Last Name (2006) God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (2006) Pride (2009) Messiah (2011) Danger Dolls (2014)

Films directed by Shusuke Kaneko

Kōichirō Uno's Wet and Swinging (1984)
Minna Agechau (1985)
Last Cabaret (1988)
Summer Vacation 1999 (1988)
Who Do I Choose? (1989)
Hong Kong Paradise (1990)
My Soul Is Slashed (1991)
No Worries on the Recruit Front (1991)
Graduation Journey: I Came from Japan (1993)
Necronomicon (1993)
It's a Summer Vacation Everyday (1994)
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
School Ghost Stories 3 (1997)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999)
Pyrokinesis (2000)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Azumi 2: Death or Love (2005)
Death Note (2006)
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand (2006)
Pride (2009)
Messiah (2011)
Danger Dolls (2014)

v t e Gakkō no Kaidan by Tōru Tsunemitsu
Film series School Ghost Stories (1995) Gakkō no Kaidan 2 (1996) School Ghost Stories 3 (1997) Gakkō no Kaidan 4 (1999) Anime series Ghost Stories (2000) (Episodes)

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