Movie: A School Behind Bars

Top 7 Billed Cast

Joe Odagiri
オダギリジョー

Junpei Ishikawa

Kei Suma
Kei Suma

Jack Harada

Seiji Chihara
Seiji Chihara

Zentaro Oyamada

Shota Sometani
染谷将太

Ken Watanabe
渡辺謙

Hideji Ōtaki
大滝秀治

Akio Sasaki

Keizo Kanie
蟹江敬三

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    "A School Behind Bars" centers around Asahi Junior High School, which is located within Nagano Matsumoto Boy's prison in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture - the only public school in Japan that is located inside a prison. The school's students are all prisoners ranging in age from 20-70. The students are carefully selected after taking an entrance exam and being selected by the school's admission board.

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    2010-10-11

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    10

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    日本語
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