As she expected, the movie is panned for lacking polish and a proper ending. The movie ends abruptly with the only window in the room opened to revealed a grassy field and the passageway to the stage blocked off by debris.Īfter the movie ends, Fuyumi asks for the opinions of the Classics Club about the film. Upon retracing his steps, they find the motionless corpse of Kaitou inside a room at the far end of the theater's right wing, with his dismembered hand nearby. Minutes later, they regroup, only to find out that Kaitou hasn't returned. During their search for a viable place to rest, the five split up and searched in different parts of the building. The movie stars Midori Yamanishi, Mamiko Senoue, Takeo Katsuta, Yuri Kounosu and Takeo Kaitou, and it tells of a group of teenagers who ended up taking refuge in an abandoned theater building. Although Houtarou Oreki voiced out his lack of interest in watching a film that is impossible to redo after having its flaws noticed, he pushed through.

The Classics Club agrees to attend the exclusive pre-screening for Class 2-F's movie, and they are welcomed by Fuyumi Irisu, who prepares the showing before leaving momentarily. For details beyond the control of the staff of the film, the movie's script was left incomplete.ĭuring a conversation in the school's own BBS website, Fuyumi Irisu, who became the supervisor for the movie project, found out about the case involving the Hyouka anthology (see The Origins of Hyouka) and this becomes the impetus for Irisu to invite the Classics Club to be involved in another case through its president, Eru Chitanda. The script was written by Mayu Hongou, and the story involves a group of five teenagers traveling into an abandoned theater building, where one of them would be murdered in a mysterious fashion. In preparation for the upcoming Kamiyama High School Festival, Class 2-F decided to make an amateur movie shot in a nondescript location during summer vacation.

Hyouka movie review