- HD 1080
- Runtime: 129m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Takashi Miike
- Stars: Hideaki Ito, Fumi Nikaido, Shota Sometani, Kento Hayashi, Kodai Asaka
- keywords: high school, japan, based on novel or book, serial killer, high school teacher, psycho killer, school shooting, japanese high school, atrocities
- Production_studio: TOHO, Bungeishunju, Nippan Group Holdings, OLM, dentsu, A-Team
- Slogan: Everyone in class, slaughtered.
- The Lesson of the Evil is featured in the top rankings of 2012
- #38 in Top Thriller Movies of 2012
- #8 in Top Horror Movies of 2012
Seiji Hasumi is a popular English teacher in a private high school. He is also a violent and sociopathic killer, who slowly takes control of the students and faculty through murder and manipulation. When he is caught in the act during preparations for the school cultural festival, he sees staging a massacre as the only way out.
