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New Group: schoolkids build human pyramids in Japanese horror-satire

Original: New Group review – schoolkids build human pyramids in bizarre Japanese horror-satire on conformity By Catherine Bray Two

Catherine Bray reviews New Group, Yûta Shimotsu's Japanese horror-satire about conformity. The film follows two outsider students at a super-strict high school where pupils form human pyramids, a body-bending sci-fi premise the reviewer reads as a pointed allegory for enforced social compliance in Japanese school culture.

Why now: The film's striking imagery and satirical take on conformity have just drawn critical attention with its review.

New GroupYûta ShimotsuCatherine BrayThe GuardianJapan

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• New Group review – schoolkids build human pyramids in bizarre Japanese horror-satire on conformity By Catherine Bray Two outsider students at a super-strict high school find they are definitely not with the programme in Yûta Shimotsu’s body-bending sci-fi scarer https://www.… · guardianfeeds@rssfeed.media

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