School Ghost Stories 3

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.^[1] The film is about elementary school children who are taken to an alternate universe through a school mirror.^[1]

School Ghost Stories 3
Japanese film poster
Directed by	Shūsuke Kaneko
Screenplay by	Shūsuke Kaneko Mitsuru Shimada[1]
Produced by	Yoshinori Fujita Kazuhiko Seda Norio Kimura[1]
Starring	Naomi Nishida Hitomi Kuroki Hideki Noda
Cinematography	Kozo Shibazaki[1]
Music by	Kow Otani[1]
Production company	Toho Co., Ltd. Sundance Company[1]
Distributed by	Toho Co., Ltd.
Release date	July 19, 1997 (1997-07-19)
Running time	96 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	¥1.150 billion

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.^[2] 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

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Release

School Ghost Stories 3 was released in Japan on July 19, 1997 where it was distributed by Toho.^[1] The film grossed a total of 1.150 billion yen on its theatrical release in Japan.^[2]

Reception

Naomi Nishida won the Award for Best Newcomer at the 21st Japan Academy Prize.^[3]