Shocking Asia (1976)

A documentary about asia's shocking cultures.

Director:

Rolf Olsen

Writer:

Rolf Olsen

Storyline

This mondo film depicts graphic scenes from the Asian continent. We witness a mass piercing in India and cremated remains of human bodies dumped into the Ganges river in clear sight of bathers. The camera then shows Japanese sex clubs which reenact bizarre sexual rituals and S&M fantasies. There is also a very graphic sex change operation in Singapore. There is also midget and female wrestling featured to round out the fun.

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Plot Keywords:

asia | mondo | shockumentary | exploitation | independent film

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Taglines:

Not for the faint of heart...

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Genres:

Documentary | Horror

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Details

Country:

Hong Kong West Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 1981 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

Aasian salaisuudet

Company Credits

Production Co:

First Film Organisation, Geiselgasteig Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Shocking Asia II: The Last Taboos (1985)

User Reviews

Far East Mondo

With a title like this, this film obviously deserves honorable mention whenever exploitation movies and the likes are discussed. However, if you leave the so-called "educational" intention aside, this German production has some merits to offer. True, it does not deliver insights into the reality of societies in the Far East. On the other hand, most of the scenes shown are actual footage (not all though: some are obviously staged, which of course does not change the fact that what is done in these scenes is real nonetheless). So, if you want to have a collection of strange, absurd, disturbing pictures, bound together by hardly any other point than the strangeness, absurdness and disturbingness of it all, don't hesitate to take a look. It's a film worth having as a document of the Mondo film "movement", for its sheer rarity and for the sake of adding another of those 70s obscurities to your collection. Viewed with this in mind, "Asia", even with its harsh and sometimes really unpleasant images, can be – fun.