Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu (1979)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Chusei Sone

Writers:

Takashi Ishii (manga series Tenshi no harawata)
Takashi Ishii (screenplay)

Release Date:

6 January 1979 (Japan)

Plot Keywords:

Self Destructive | Photographer | Japanese Schoolgirl | Underground Film | Blue Movie

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Yuuki Mizuhara	...	Nami Tsuchiya
Keizô Kani'e	...	Tetsuro Muraki
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun Aki	...	Keiko Kawashima
Kenji Kawanishi	...	Oka
Ryoichi Kusanagi	...	Mah-boh
Minako Mizushima	...	Yuko Kawana
Toshihiko Oda	...	Detective

Also Known As:

Angel Guts: Red Classroom (USA) (DVD title)
Tenshi no harawata 2 (Japan) (series title)

Runtime:

Japan:79 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Nikkatsu

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tenshi no harawata: Akai memai (1988)

Slow but fascinating

In this Nikkatsu pink film, a man who shoots erotic photography becomes obsessed with a woman he sees in a porn movie, in which she, very innocent looking and young, is raped in a classroom. He tries to convince her to work with him, and finds out that she is a prostitute and a nymphomaniac, not the pure innocent he wanted. This movie turns Japanese sexual roles on their heads. The woman, named Nami, as are all the main female characters in the Angel Guts series, saps men of their virility. In the film's most memorable sequence, she sleeps with a man once, then works hard to get him going again. After the second time, she basically rapes the guy. Still, overabundant sex ultimately proves soulless.