Speed Cinema Screenings: School in the Crosshairs 7/5/25 6PM

This early "idol" movie by genre master Nobuhiko Obayashi (House) stars Hiroko Yakushimaru, then the heartthrob of millions of Japanese fans. Yuko (Yakushimaru) is a high school girl with telekinetic powers who must defend her school from an extraterrestrial attack. A new student is using her own psychic abilities to transform the school into a fascistic staging area for an alien takeover of the Earth. Offering powerful political commentary with plenty of sci-fi thrills, School in the Crosshairs is a stylish crowd-pleaser from one of Japan’s most electric auteurs. 1981, Japan, DCP, in Japanese with English subtitles, 90 minutes.