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Masahiro Kakefuda (writer)
Norifumi Suzuki (writer)
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16 February 1974 (Japan) more
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Japanese Nuns more (23 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Yumi Takigawa | ... | Maya Takigawa |
| Emiko Yamauchi | ... | Matsuko Ishida |
| Yayoi Watanabe | ... | Hisako Kitano |
| Ryouko Ima | ... | Natarii Guriin (Natalie Green) |
| Harumi Tajima | ... | Tamao Oka |
| Yuuko Oribe | ... | Kaoru Onotsuka |
| Marie Antoinette | ... | Janetto (Janet) |
| Emi Shiro | ... | Youko Watanabe |
| Rie Saotome | ... | Emi Takanami |
| Sanae Ôhori | ... | Mie Mitsuko |
| Kyouko Negishi | ... | Michiko Shinohara |
| Yumi Kimura | ... | Keiko Kitano |
| Yôko Mihara | ... | Sadako Matsumara |
| Akiko Mori | ... | Aya Ogasahara |
| Fumio Watanabe | ... | Priest Kakinuma |
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Convent of the Sacred Beast (USA) (DVD title)
School of the Holy Beast (USA)
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91 min
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School of the Holy Beast (1974)
*** (out of 4)
Notorious Japanese nunsploitation film from director Norifumi Suzuki has a simple storyline but borrows heavily from the Euro erotic genre. A rebellious woman enters a convent so she can learn the truth behind her mother's death eighteen years earlier. Her rebel attitude doesn't sit too well with the higher up nuns who aren't afraid to resort to torture by whip. The first half of the film is mostly an erotic movie and I'm not going to lie, Japanese women are quite sexy so the erotic nature of the film worked for me. Japan censorship laws were pretty heavy back in the day so the director comes up with a couple very good scenes to get his point across without having to resort to hardcore scenes, ala Euro flicks. There's an oral sex scene, which isn't shown how you'd expect but it's highly erotic and gets its sexuality across better than most Euro films of this genre. The second half of the film slows down quite a bit as the "mystery" surrounding the mother's death is revealed. The direction is quite strong and the cinematography is excellent.