A School Behind Bars

10.0

Genre: Drama
Run time: 122 min
Premiere: 2010. October 11.

Director: Makoto Kiyohiro
Writer: Makiko Uchidate
Starring: Joe Odagiri Kei Suma Seiji Chihara Shota Sometani

"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.