From Yohei Fukuda, the controversial director of the crowd-pleasing action-horror flick Chanbara Beauty and the outrageous shocker Grotesque, comes Tokyo Gore School, in which Fukuda uses a violent teen action-drama to address the provocative subjects of bullying, teen violence, underground websites and data protection.

For high schooler Fujiwara, everything in life seems to be going according to plan. He's good-looking, popular, doing well in his studies and, most importantly, is a good fighter and is therefore able to avoid the attentions of any bullies looking for trouble. His idyll suddenly ends, however, when he is unexpectedly attacked by a group of fellow students, seemingly without any provocation. His investigation into the attack leads him to the discovery of a series of underground websites linking to known social networking sites and to a mysterious and very violent game that is being spread through the students' mobile phone networks.

Forced against his will to join in the game in order to prevent his deepest and darkest personal secret from being revealed to the entire school, Fujiwara becomes a key part of a puzzle that is becoming deadlier by the hour. Soon, he is involved in a fight for his life for reasons still unknown to him. But the terrifying truth is about to be revealed...

Echoing the themes of Battle Royale and Lord Of The Flies, Tokyo Gore School adds modern communications technology, martial arts fighting and free running action to the mix for a compelling look at the escalation of, and problems caused by bullying and teen violence in modern day Japan.

Tokyo Gore School (cert. 18, tbc) will be released on DVD by Manga Entertainment on 16th August 2010 at the RRP of £15.99.