Kyôfu joshikôkô: bôkô rinchi kyôshitsu (1973)

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the... See full summary »

Director:

Noribumi Suzuki

Writer:

Tatsuhiko Kamoi (screenplay)

Stars:

Miki Sugimoto, Reiko Ike, Seiko Saburi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Miki Sugimoto	...	Noriko
Reiko Ike	...	Maki Takigawa
Seiko Saburi
Misuzu Ôta
Rie Saotome
Yuuko Mizusawa
Yukiko Asano
Ryôko Ema
Emi Jo	...	(as Emi Jô)
Rena Ichinose
Rika Sudô
Takako Yamakawa
Kaya Hodumi
Nobuo Kaneko
Kenji Imai

Storyline

Three new students at a super-strict girl's school must face off with a repressive school administration, the sadistic, murderous student discipline brigade and corrupt politicians over the murder/suicide of one of their friends. They're approached by a blackmailer (Tsunehiko Watase) who promises to help them exact vengeance in exchange for setting up a corrupt local politician, and aided by a independent Yakuza biker chick (Reiko Ike).

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Plot Keywords:

discipline | lesbian sex | lesbian | schoolgirl | female nudity | 

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Genres:

Action

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

31 March 1973 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toei Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the opening scenes, Michiyo, the girl who is tortured by the Disciplinarians, escapes from them and hangs from the edge of the roof of the school building before falling to her death. From an aerial shot, we see a brief glimpse of the ground below her: rough gravel. In the next scene, after she has fallen, we see people cleaning up the blood from where she fell and died. But the cleanup takes place on paved driveway in the front of the school entrance, not at all matching the rough gravel we saw in the previous scene. Also, she fell straight down from the edge of the building, but the cleanup of her blood is taking place out in the driveway in front of the entrance - a good distance from the edge of the building.

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Connections

Followed by Kyôfu joshi kôkô: Animal dôkyôsei (1973)

User Reviews

Excellent bad girl film from Norifumi Suzuki

From the director of 'Star of David: Beauty Hunting', and the pink masterpiece 'School of the Holy Beast' comes this eye-popping, sex & violence soaked cult film. Norifumi Suzuki's 'Terrifying Girls Highschool' is finally available on DVD, as part of the great Pinky Violence box set. Featuring two icons of pink cinema, Reiko Ike, as well as the original 'Zero Woman', Miki Sugimoto, as bad girl leaders in a high school for violent girls. Dressed in the traditional school uniforms, seeking to avenge the murder of a friend, Sugimoto is tougher than ever here. Especially great is the way Suzuki introduces each of the three girls in the beginning. We see each of them separately committing the crime that lands them in the same school, which is more like a prison. Featuring some dazzling torture set pieces, including a tense 'blood draining ceremony', genital electrocution, as well as a disturbing scene featuring a light bulb. Suzuki's trademark seems to be the bladder trick, where some hapless girl is forced to hold her water while a clock ticks in the background. I have seen 3 Suzuki films so far, and this trick is utilized in every one, and always successfully. Of course nothing can top 'Holy Beast', Suzuki's masterpiece. However I found this to be a lot more entertaining than 'Star of David', but I guess this is a matter of personal taste. TGH features some good music as well, and classical pieces are used effectively. The climactic showdown between students and riot cops is wonderful, and there is humor here and there, but not so much as to take away the power of the images. And I must mention the lesbian scenes, tastefully filmed and very erotic as well. Though the girls are beaten and often nude, they somehow always come across as tough, and never victims. That is the best thing about these films, and this quality is missing in American exploit films, where the girls are sometimes just there to be abused and undressed for the pleasure of the viewer. I only hope DVD labels like 'Panik House' and 'Tokyo Shock' keep restoring and releasing these special films. 'Terrifying Girls Highschool' looks great in it's anamorphic transfer. They are going to great lengths to release high quality products, and I look forward to future releases. Especially ones that feature Miki Sugimoto, my personal favorite bad girl of pink cinema! Incidentally, if you like 'Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs', than you should like this as well.