"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.
Acting
Joe Odagiri's restrained humanity against institutional coldness.
Direction
Kiyohiro finds warmth in concrete corridors.
Writing
Admission board scenes crack with unspoken stakes.
Director
Makoto Kiyohiro
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
JP
