Okasareta hakui (1967)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Kôji Wakamatsu

Writers:

Masao Adachi (writer)
Juro Kara (writer)

Release Date:

March 1967 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian Scene | Female Nudity | Nudity | Lesbianism

Cast

Juro Kara	...	Boy
Keiko Koyanagi	...	Head nurse
Miki Hayashi
Shoko Kido	...	Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Makiko Saegusa	...	Nurse
Michiko Sakamoto	...	Nurse
Kyôko Yayoi	...	Nurse

Also Known As:

Okasareta byakui (Japan) (alternative transliteration)
Violated Angels (USA)
Violated Women in White

Runtime:

56 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:(Banned)

Company:

Wakamatsu Production

A sincere study of misanthropy

A voyeur, invited into a dormitory for nurses, remains behind to violate and murder close to a dozen of them. Some of the nurses attempt to talk him out of ending their lives and much of the film is comprised of these conversations, but the talk doesn't do much good.

Most of the film is black and white and quite murky, but there are selected snippets of color to illustrate the aftermath of the killer's work.

Bleak and slow moving, Wakamatsu attempts to provide a political subtext for the nastiness, but it comes across as pretentious.

The stabbings, rapes and beatings are shot mostly at a distance, but the tone is upsetting and the constant screaming and general air of misery is palpable.

The score, by Wakamatsu, is hypnotic.

Not great cinema, but a sincere study of misanthropy.