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Detention

"Back to School..."

2019

1h 42m

6.8(118 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Drama

Overview

In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.

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Production Companies

Taipei Film Commission

MandarinVision

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Gingle Wang

Gingle Wang

Fang Ray-Shin

Fu Meng-po

Fu Meng-po

Zhang Ming-Hui

Tseng Jing-hua

Tseng Jing-hua

Wei Zhong-Ting

Cecilia Choi

Cecilia Choi

Yin Cui-Han

Chu Hung-Chang

Chu Hung-Chang

Instructor Bai

Liu Yue-Ti

Liu Yue-Ti

Mr. Kao

Chang Pen-Yu

Chang Pen-Yu

Fang's Mother

Joseph Hsia

Joseph Hsia

Fang's Father

Yun Chung-Yueh

Yun Chung-Yueh

Old Wei Zhong-Ting

Pan Chin-yu

Pan Chin-yu

Sheng

Creative team

Directed by: John Hsu
Written by: Chien Shih-keng
Lyra Fu
Produced by: Aileen Li

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