Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Assassination Classroom (2016)
A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School.
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A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the homeroom teacher of Class E, a third-year class at Kunugigaoka High School.
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Genre:Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
Written By:Tatsuya Kanazawa
In Theaters:4/23/2016
Box Office:$25,000,000
Runtime:110 minutes
Studio:TOHO, Fuji Television Network, Robot Communications, J Storm, Shueisha
Cast
Eiichiro Hasumi
Director
Kazunari Ninomiya
Koro Sensei (voice)
Ryosuke Yamada
Nagisa Shiota
Masaki Suda
Karuma Akabane
Maika Yamamoto
Kaede Kayano
Haruka
Rio Nakamura
Mio Yuki
Yukiko Kanzaki
Miku Uehara
Manami Okuda
Kippei Shiina
Tadaomi Karasuma
Kouki Osamura
Taiga Okajima
Takumi Ooka
Ryunosuke Chiba
Saki Takahashi
Hinata Okano
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