Principal Examination
2025, Japanese. Directed by Dai Sako.
Haruhiko Nakayama is vice principal at a Japanese school, where he takes care of everything and dreams of finally becoming principal. But after a teacher no longer turns up for lessons, Nakayama has to teach a primary school class again after more than 20 years. He encounters such great challenges that he soon begins to doubt his profession.
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 June 2025
- Original title
- 中山教頭の人生テスト
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Dai Sako
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Principal Examination runs 125 minutes (2h 5m).
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Principal Examination isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 June 2025. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Principal Examination?
Principal Examination (2025) was directed by Dai Sako and stars Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Shiho Takano, Shu Watanabe.