The Phantom of the Toilet (1995) School Mystery | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | English Subtitles
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Title: Phantom of the Toilet (1995)
Alternate Title: School Mystery / トイレの花子さん (Toire no Hanako-san)
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Supernatural
Plot Synopsis
In an elementary school, a new transfer student named Saeko arrives and immediately draws the suspicion of her classmates when she exits the last stall in the girls’ bathroom — the one rumored to be haunted by the ghost of “Hanako-san.” A boy named Takuya and his friends grow increasingly convinced that Saeko might be the spirit herself, while a series of child homicides and cruel pranks escalate around the school. As the boundary between urban legend and real danger begins to crumble, Saeko must face both the students’ fears and the lurking presence of a killer just outside their classrooms.
Cast and Crew
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Director: Jōji Matsuoka
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Writers: Takuro Fukuda (screenplay) & Jōji Matsuoka (story)
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Cast:
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Takayuki Inoue as Takuya Sakamoto
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Ai Maeda as Natsumi Sakamoto
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Yuka Kōno as Saeko Mizuno
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Etsushi Toyokawa as Yuji Sakamoto
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Nene Ohtsuka as Yuriko Suzuki
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IMDb: Phantom of the Toilet / School Mystery (1995)
Reviews from Letterboxd:
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BaseHorrorFan — ★★★★
“A chilling twist on the school-haunted-stall legend, the film turns childhood fear into something quietly malignant.” -
J_Horror_Lover — ★★★★½
“The playground of whispers and teens becomes a hunting ground — Saeko’s ambiguity haunts you long after the credits.” -
RetroCinemaGeek — ★★★★
“Some rough edges in pacing, but the rural school setting and ghost-myth inflection give it real atmosphere.” -
GhostStoryAddict — ★★★★
“Less gore, more lingering dread. The haunted bathroom trope is reinvented with an eerie subtlety.” -
MidnightScares — ★★★★½
“An under-appreciated Japanese horror entry that nails schoolyard paranoia and suppressed guilt in surprisingly mature ways.”
Meta Description: A haunting Japanese horror-mystery that uses the urban legend of Hanako-san to explore childhood fear, school cruelty, and lurking violence — Phantom of the Toilet turns the innocent school bathroom into a site of dread and suspicion.
