| School Days | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Kevin Chu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Producer: | Pei-yung Hui Li-Yin Lin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Jimmy Lin Takeshi Kaneshiro Ruby Lin Chin Ho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music: | Chuo-Ying Huang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Shu-nan Liang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Editing: | Bo-Wen Chen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Studio: | Chang-Hong Channel Film & Video Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Mei Ah Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 89 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country: | Taiwan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin Cantonese dubbed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross: | HK $271,776.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School Days is a 1995 Taiwan teen drama film distributed for Hong Kong. Starring Jimmy Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ruby Lin, and Chin Ho. Directed by Kevin Chu. The original Taiwan release title of the film was "Campus Squad" (Chinese: 校園敢死隊, Xiàoyuán Gǎnsǐduì), the title was renamed for its Hong Kong release and dubbed in Cantonese to appeal to the Hong Kong audience.
Hui Chi Ho (Jimmy Lin) comes from a well to do family. On the first day at his new school he has the family chauffeur drop him off at school. Everyone at school is in awe of the new rich and handsome student. Chi Ho likes his new school and class a lot since the prettiest girl at school Xin Fu "Princess" (Ruby Lin) is in the same class as him. Crow (Franco Jiang) and his small gang immediately target Chi Ho for protection money. Chi Ho refuses to pay and does not tell his parents about being bullied at his new school since he does not want to be treated special by the school administrators. Crow and his gang wait for Chi Ho after school everyday to harass him for money and beat him up.
One day another new student with a bad rep sheet arrives, Eagle (Takeshi Kaneshiro). He has been expelled from all his previous schools. The school dean makes it clear to Eagle that if he gets in trouble he will be expelled immediately. Eagle is put in the same class as Chi Ho, Princess and Crow. Everyone at school is afraid of him since he was rumored to have served prison time for killing someone. Eagle immediately notices that Chi Ho is being bullied by Crow and his gang on his first day. He decides to protect Chi Ho and soon the two become good friends. Chi Ho finds out about Eagle's past and realizes that his bad rep from his previous schools comes from fighting while protecting the weak from bullies.
Crow and his gang does not dare to offend Eagle and soon the school is no longer afraid of Crow and his gang. Crow not being able to stand that he no longer has control of school hires outside triad member Bull (Chin Ho) to teach Eagle a lesson. Bull and his gang beats up and destroys Eagle's motorbike at school. Not wanting to go through the cycle he went through in his previous schools Eagle does not fight back and decides to no longer attend school. Crow thinking he has won and rid of Eagle soon finds out his plan has backfired as Bull and his gang tell him that they want control him and the school.
Crow in desperate need of help teams up with Chi Ho to rebuild Eagle's motorbike and begs Eagle to return to school to help rid the Triad gang from their school. Crow, Chi Ho and some of their friends agree to meet and fight Bull and his gang under an expressway overpass to settle things. Chi Ho, Crow and their friends are no match for Bull and his gang, just when the classmates think they have lost the fight, Eagle arrives and beats up Bull and his members.
All of the classmates become friends and the school is finally peaceful. The movie ends with all who were involve in the fight thinking they're in trouble with the school dean because of fighting with outsiders, but the school dean has decided to let it slide seeing how they were protecting the school.