The Drifting Classroom
5.5
An entire Japanese international grade school—and all within—are mysteriously transported to a foreboding desert wasteland. As the story unfolds, the diminishing student body weathers this apocalyptic crisis while searching for clues about their surroundings, and dealing with psychological breakdown and dangerous exterior forces.
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Yasufumi Hayashi
Sho Takamatsu
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Kiwako Harada
Kazuko
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Tatsuya Fugiki
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Yoshio
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Kaho Minami
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Yoshiko Mita
Emiko
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Toshie Negishi
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Toshinori Omi
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Etsushi Takahashi
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Aiko Asano
Ayumi
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Leana D'Aloisio
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Nobuhiko Obayashi Director · Izo Hashimoto Writer Kazuo Umezu Author
First release July 11, 1987 · Produced in Japan · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Towa Productions
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Bandai Namco Entertainment
Production
CCJ
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Nippon Television Network Corporation
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Bandai Namco Filmworks
Production
Japan
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Original title
漂流教室
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · July 11, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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