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That's Cunning! Shij Saidai no Sakusen?
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Wikipedia article
is a 1996 comedy film directed by Hiroshi Sugawara. It stars Tatsuya Yamaguchi and Namie Amuro.
Plot
The movie starts with every student going to exam hall for the exam. The students of Sigma dormitory house except Kenji Kimura (Tatsuya Yamaguchi), who on the other hand aims to graduate and do research under the great Professor Namazuda, doesn't cheat. After some time, Kimura's high school friend, Yumi Morishita (Namie Amuro), also starts cheating. During the exam, Professor Yuusuke Migita, through binoculars, spots Kamei cheating. When the teacher comes to the hall, Kimura who had feelings for Morishita worries that Migita has seen her cheating, but is relieved when Migita calls out Kamei instead, who is expelled. Later, Kimura attempts to help Kamei re-enter the university, but Migita refuses.
Unknown to the university, Migita, despite his strict nature, is shown to be corrupt after he conspires with the university chairman on a plan to demolish all the dormitories and build a hotel to make money. They have a board meeting regarding the issue and it's decided if the students cannot pass the exams with good grades, the dormitories will be demolished.
The next day, Professor Namazuda comes to one of the dorms and informs them about the decision from the meeting. The students were depressed upon hearing the news. Morishita who had been kicked out of her hostel due to her pet cat was also living in Sigma dorm house temporarily, decided to spy on Migita and goes to his office under the pretense of doing research under him. He agrees and asks her to shred some papers. While finishing the task, Morishita becomes suspicious when she discovers Professor Namazuda's atomic theory papers, which Migita stole to plagiarize for his own, After eavesdropping on Migita's conversation between the construction company president about the hotel plan, she becomes convinced of the former's corruption and realizes to her horror that the stolen papers are a plot to get rid of Namazuda but she is seen by Migita's assistant who warns Migita while having sex with him in the library. Despite being seen by Migita's researcher, Morishita rushes to the dormitory and tells Kimura and others about Migita's plan. They report it to Professor Namazuda.
In class, Migita warns the students that he will never tolerate cheating in the finals. After class, Kimura, who was angry at Migita for his plan to get rid of Namazuda, rushed to Migita with other students about the dorm issue. Migita explains that he is simply trying to help the college and also provokes them by calling them dumb. Kimura then offers a challenge that if they get good grades, Kamei will be allowed to return. He agrees under the condition that they get all A grade in every subject, further depressing them. After getting encouraged by Namazuda, Kimura decides and announces that all of them are going to cheat in final exams.
The exams are then given and the friends use their methods to succeed. Migita becomes agitated that every student of Sigma dorm got A in all subjects realizes that they cheated and decides to take the matter in his hands. Morishita is called by Migita to shred some papers, which turn out to be the upcoming exam question paper. Morishita tries to steal it, but Migita forces her to shred it. The Sigma dorm students after a lot of time managed to put the shredded paper in one piece. Kimura starts memorizing the answers during which he is visited by Morishita. Kimura asks how long she is going to say her, making her sad. Morishita confesses that she liked him.
On the day of exam, the students were confident that they will succeed in this one too. However, they later realized that they were tricked by Migita. They tried to cheat but Migita doesn't let them. After sometime, two of the invigilators suddenly have pain in their stomach, due to Mr. Chin mixing something in their food. The last one is trapped in the electric room by Mr. Chin, who also cuts the power of the exam hall. Kamei getting a laser sniper rifle helps his fellow students to cheat with answers being given by Prof. Namazuda. Migita tries and fails to find the cause of the cheating, making the students narrowly completing the exam.
After the exam, all the students and Morishita were asked to leave except the Sigma dorm boys. A failed strip search makes Kimura remind Migita of his promise, which the latter denies them. Suddenly, the university president, who has discovered Migita's corrupt plans, enters with the chairman in custody, to which Migita denies his involvement. However, Migita's researcher proves his involvement and also exposes more of the former's acts of corruption including his plagiarism from other professors. The president reveals to the devastated Migita of legal action against him and that the dormitories will remain, much to the joy of the students.
Kimura then confesses his love for Morishita, who declares that she will drop out and become a junior high school teacher, using the cheating method developed by Professor Namazuda, and they embrace. Migita's researchers realize that all students have cheated when they were checking the papers. Meanwhile, a depressed Migita accidentally knocks over a chemical bottle, causing an explosion that injures him.
Cast
* Tatsuya Yamaguchi as Kimura Kenji
*Namie Amuro as Morishita Yumi
*Tar Yamamoto as Rikimaru
*Naohito Fujiki as Esaki
*Takeshi Masu* as Professor Yusuke Migita
References
Category:1990s Japanese films
Category:Japanese comedy films
Category:1996 comedy films
Category:1996 films
Category:Films scored by Toshihiko Sahashi
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