That's Cunning! Shijo Saidan no Sakusen (1996)

AKA: That's Cheating! The Ultimate Mission

Starring:
Namie Amuro
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Naohito Fujiki
Sadatora Araki
Riki Hayama
Taro Yamamoto
Masâki Takarai
Takeshi Masu
Akaji Maro
Toru Yuri
Yasuyo Shiroshima
Takashi Matsuo
Katsuo Nakamura

The plot, such as it is, involves a group of chemistry students (all of whom live in a notorious dorm called "White Bear") whose only hope of passing organic chemistry is by cheating. Their professor is a manaically strict man who hates cheating . Ironically, he is also a cheater - it comes out later that he is plagiarizing another professor's work. Anyway, the maniac professor hates cheaters and the students of the White Bear dorm, who happen to be one and the same. He hatches an anime - villain-worthy plan to tear down their dorm and build a hotel on that spot - UNLESS the group gets good grades on their finals, WITHOUT cheating.

The White Bear is a boy's dorm originally, but Yumi (Amuro Namie) decides to move in and, predictably, fight with the boys to preserve the dorm. The White Bear is a boy's dorm originally, but Yumi (Amuro Namie) decides to move in and, predictably, fight with the boys to preserve the dorm.

After a brave effort, the group realizes they don't have a hope of doing well on the final without cheating, so they create a new original cheating scheme that their professor will not be able to detect. This turns out to be really funny, and it provides the second highlight of the film, after the first sequence. After a brave effort, the group realizes they don't have a hope of doing well on the final without cheating, so they create a new original cheating scheme that their professor will not be able to detect. This turns out to be really funny, and it provides the second highlight of the film, after the first sequence.


This was absolutely hilarious. OMG! The cheating was so unreal and creative. I had to hide my son's eyes away from the screen because I didn't want to him to learn some of these techniques. LOL! Some of them were legitimately reasonable to get away with. No lie! LOL! Where was this movie when I was in high school? LOL!

This movie was a little remindful of the old university spoof classics like Animal House. I really think a lot of old schooler will love this movie. Made in 1996 (I was already out of high school....*pouts*), the genre is classic and reminiscent of that era. *pouts some more*

Since this movie is a little "old school", it was hard to find reviews or synopsis' for it. But some of the actors on the list are still around today.........and still hotter than ever!!!