Asian school movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant asian school movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, psychological, captivating, serious, scary and suspense films and TV shows about / with asian school, school, schoolgirl, japanese school, live action, high school, extreme, teenager, japanese schoolgirl and mini skirt plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Comedy genres shot in Japan, South Korea, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as asian school: Sundome (2007), L.DK (2014), Say 'I Love You' (2014), Home: The House Imp (2012), From Me To You (2010), No Life King (1989), Here is Greenwood (2008), A Bad Boy Drinks Tea! (2021), BITCH X RICH (2023), The Dangers in My Heart (2023).

List of asian school movies

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 5.0
 94
Sundome (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Hideo Aiba (Atsuji Ninomiya) is a reserved and obedient high school student, who has never had any girlfriend. He spends all his energy on masturbating, his true reason for living. His life and his solitary activities will take a radical change when ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: erotica, seduction, schoolgirl, flaunting, high school romance, asian school, sexy woman, sexuality, teenage life, fall in love, high school life, satire ...
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 6.1
 2K
L.DK (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Aoi Nishimori's parents moved to another city for work, but Aoi didn't want to transfer to a new high school. She stays behind and lives in an apartment by herself. Shusei Kugayama moves in next to Aoi's apartment. Shusei is a very ...
Style: romantic, shoujo, light, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: japanese girl, japanese school, japanese teenager, high school, love story, high school crush, asian school, jealousy, school, student, teacher, betrayal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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Say 'I Love You' (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mei Tachibana is a high school student. Due to a traumatic incident when she was a kid, Mei has been unable to make friends or have boyfriends. By mistake, Mei then injures the most popular male student named Yamato Kurosawa. Somehow, Yamato ...
Style: sexy, anime, shoujo, sincere, light ...
Plot: high school crush, nubile girl, teenager, jealousy, school, classmate, family relations, friendship, couples, rivalry, society, happy ending ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A stern young girl who yearns for romance, finds herself involved with a celebrity whose image reveals a hidden persona.
Style: sweet, feel good, sentimental, light, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: japanese school, rich man poor woman, japanese schoolgirl, high school crush, dream, love, love and romance, social differences, fall in love, friendship, character change, couple relations ...
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Home: The House Imp (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When Koichi Takahasi (Miutani) is transferred from Tokyo to a small village in Iwate Prefecture, they set up hoe in a two-hundred year-old farmhouse. The family is split between those who hate the move and those who are happy. Fumiko (Yasuda), the ...
Style: psychotronic, captivating, contemplative, crying
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, japanese schoolgirl, asian school, sister sister relationship, mother daughter relationship, employer employee relationship, father daughter relationship, teacher, middle school, schoolgirl, husband wife relationship ...
Place: tokyo, east asia
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From Me To You (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sawako Kuronuma, called Sadako by her classmates for her resemblance to the character from Ring, has always been feared and misunderstood because of her appearance. There are rumors that Sawako can see ghosts and curse people. However, despite her ...
Style: shoujo, sentimental, captivating, sweet, psychological ...
Plot: feminine wiles, love, teenage girl, school, father daughter relationship, fall in love, high school life, social misfits, couples, love story, friendship, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia
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No Dropping Out -Back to School at 35- (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The drama will center around how a 35 year old changes the school and influences her fellow classmates’ lives while dealing with the dark reality of today’s high schools, including bullying and skipping school.
Style: funny, entertaining, ironic, humorous, psychological
Plot: high school student, bullying, friendship, school, youth, japanese school, asian school, classmate classmate relationship, friends, classmate, apprentice, japanese high school ...
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 6.3
 38
No Life King (1989)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Via the New York Times: "The solemn, intent faces of the Japanese schoolboys playing video games in Jun Ichikawa's "No Life King" bespeak a new type of modern horror. Addicted to their favorite new game (from which the film ...
Style: social
Plot: asian school, mother, teenager, father, boy, family relations, elementary school, computer, generation gap, rumor, schoolgirl, schoolboy ...
Time: 80s
Place: japan, tokyo
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Here is Greenwood (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Set at the all-boys school Rokuto Academy, the story revolves around Hasukawa Kazuya a late arrival to the unusual Greenwood Dormitory, a former insane asylum.
Style: humorous, light, exciting, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: high school friend, boys' school, asian school, private school, dormitory, school, guy, boy, japanese school, high school, young man, schoolboy
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A Bad Boy Drinks Tea! (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Masaya Funabashi was called the "Devil Makun" due to his intimidating appearance and was known to always get into fights. When he entered high school, he wanted to stop getting involved with violence and spend his days peacefully. However, ...
Style: captivating, feel good, funny, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot: school, japanese school, schoolgirl, schoolboy, asian, middle school, high school life, asian girl, asian school, japanese girl, japanese high school, japanese man ...
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 6.7
 466
BITCH X RICH (2023)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Baek Je-na is a third-generation conglomerate and a gold spoon of the highest class at Cheongdam International High School. Kim Hye-in grew up in poverty and is offered a chance to study at the Cheongdam International High School in exchange for her ...
Style: detective, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, captivating
Plot: high school, rivals, schoolgirl, asian school, girl, asian woman, rivalry, female rivalry, teenage girl, asian girl, schoolboy, school
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The Dangers in My Heart (2023)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school's social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to disrupt his classmates' peaceful ...
Style: anime, light, witty, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot: classmate, asian school, japanese teenager, japanese school, teenager, teenage life, teenage protagonist, schoolboy, teenage boy, schoolgirl, classmate classmate relationship, slice of life ...
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The Landlord is in Puberty (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 2 min.
TV show
Story: Maeda-san is living alone in rented accommodations for the first time after finding employment. In his tiny, no-bath apartment he is visited by Chie Satonaka, who looks like the little sister he never had, but turns out to be the landlord of this ...
Style: anime, funny, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot: slice of life, cooking, middle school, high school life, student, japanese school, school, apprentice, neighbor, girl next door, everyday life, asian school
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Investor-Z (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Takashi learns there’s more to this exclusive high school than meets the eye when he’s recruited into its ultra-secret, mega-capital investment club.
Style: suspenseful, clever, captivating, dramatic, entertaining
Plot: japanese school, studying, youth, investments, apprentice, money, middle school, school, asian school, investor
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My Little Monster (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Problem student Haru Yoshida sits next to the cold and studious Shizuku Mizutani in class. Without any other friends to turn to, both of them start to get to know each other and grow closer. Haru eventually develop feelings for Shizuku and confesses ...
Style: romantic, uplifting, touching, sweet, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: high school, love affair, youth, love, fall in love, couples, friendship, destiny, love and romance, couple relations, asian school, japanese schoolgirl ...
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 6.0
 348
Real Girl (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Hikaru Tsutsui is a high school student. He enjoys animation and video games in the virtual world, but he doesn't enjoy his real life. People at his school don't even know he exists. One day, he cleans up the pool at his school with ...
Style: sexy, manga, romantic, touching, light ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: asian school, bride and groom, japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl, love, teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, celebration, party, girl, virgin, asian girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 6.2
 1K
Liverleaf (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story follows Nozaki Haruka, a middle school student who transfers to a new school in a small town because of her father's work. Unfortunately, she becomes a victim of horrific bullying, but since the school will be closing in 2 months ...
Style: captivating, mindfuck, dark fantasy, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: revenge, murder, bullying, psycho, school, violence, brutality, arson, japanese schoolgirl, teenage girl, vengeance, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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 7.1
 89K
Audition (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot: torture, femme fatale, psychopath, murder, sadism, macabre, revenge, serial killer, twists and turns, unsettling, violence, obsession ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 5.2
 2K
Tomie (1998)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she ...
Style: manga, detective, scary, tense, mind bending ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hypnosis, serial killer, extreme, drug addiction, strip club, virus, amnesia, back from the dead, asian school, sexploitation, monster, club ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century
Place: japan, asia
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Whispering Corridors (1998)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 105 min.
Story: While investigating the school files, the frightened teacher Mrs. Park startles and calls the young teacher Eun-young Hur, telling her that the deceased Jin-ju Jang is back. The line dies and Mrs. Park is attacked and killed by a ghost. On the next ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, bleak, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, friendship, high school, bullying, supernatural, paranormal, supernatural ability, who done it, haunting, dark past, maniac, sadism ...
Time: 90s
Place: korea, asia, south korea
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 7.5
 194K
Battle Royale (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style: disturbing, suspense, bleak, bloody, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: game of death, survival, death, dystopia, suicide, gory, desperation, cruelty, social commentary, school class, dystopian future, contests and competitions ...
Time: future, year 2000, distant future, 2000s, near future
Place: japan, asia, east asia
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 6.5
 25K
Pulse (2001)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, dark, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, teens, boys' night
Plot: ghost, internet, supernatural, afterlife, suicide, missing person, haunting, depression, college student, technology, lifestyle, confined ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: tokyo, asia
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Ichi the Killer (2001)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story: As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style: disturbing, controversial, dark comedy, bloody, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gory, violence, psychopath, organized crime, gangster, yakuza, massacre, mob boss, danger, rage, insanity, sadism ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, asia
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 7.1
 373K
The Ring (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, race against time, investigation, life is a bitch, death, supernatural horror, twists and turns, curse, macabre, journalist, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, astoria oregon, fictional island
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 6.7
 35K
Dark Water (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Style: psychological, splatter, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, haunted, nightmare, haunted by the past, danger, losing-it hero, custody, parents and children, family problems, single parent ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: japan, asia
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 6.5
 22K
Suicide Club (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style: psychological, surreal, disturbing, creepy, bloody ...
Plot: suicide, conspiracy, police investigation, gory, violent, surrealism, high school, brutality, hacker, student, website, extreme ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
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 5.9
 3K
Cello (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A cellist is haunted by strange events after a car wreck.
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, twisted ...
Plot: ghost, musician, haunted by the past, family in danger, losing-it hero, obsession, family problems, mentally unstable, supernatural, teachers and students, supernatural ability, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
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Apartment 1303 (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: While celebrating with her friends in her new cheaply rented apartment (with balcony and view of the sea) on the thirteenth floor of a building, the young Sayaka unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her ...
Style: serious, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunted house, suicide, uncover truth, losing-it hero, investigation, danger, grudge, curses spells and rituals, urban legend, haunted ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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Ju-on: Black Ghost (2009)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story: A Nurse named Yuko (Ai Kago) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named Fukie. Test results show a cyst inside Fukie’s body, but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born. The cyst’s grudge ...
Style: suspense, spooky
Plot: ghost, grudge, curse, ghost story, female ghost, twins, asian school, extreme, haunted house, dream, ghost child, ghost girl ...
Place: japan
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 7.8
 145K
I Saw the Devil (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, ...
Style: bleak, psychological, disturbing, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, manly, adult
Plot: serial killer, revenge, vengeance, murder, psychopath, violence, macabre, extreme violence, gory, mercilessness, brutality, torture ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, asia, east asia
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