Ooru naito rongu 2: Sanji (1995) (V)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Katsuya Matsumura

Writer:

Katsuya Matsumura (writer)

Release Date:

10 February 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

In downtown Japan, a lonely computer nerd tries to maintain a peaceful existance while being stalked by a gang of deviant homosexuals who want to use him for their brutal S&M activities. |

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Nerd | Severed Ear | Animal Killing | Doll

Cast

Masashi Endô	...	Shun'ichi Noda
Ryôka Yuzuki	...	Sayaka Mizukami (as Kanori Kadomatsu)
Masahito Takahashi
Takamitsu Okubo
Miroku Igarashi
Keiichi Mano
Kei Nakata
Jôichi Shimoide
Shinobu Kojima
Hideki Kawamata
Ayaka Hizubaki

Also Known As:

All Night Long 2
All Night Long 2: Atrocity
All Night Long 2: Sanji
Atrocity

Runtime:

68 min | USA:76 min (DVD version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Company:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Trivia:

Denied theatrical release in Japan as the Japanese film rating board, Eirin, refused to grant the film a certificate even after extensive cuts were made. Their rejection letter stated "the film's overall tone is unacceptable." The film was released directly to home video over angry protests from schools and parental groups.

Movie Connections:

Followed by All night long: Daredemo yokatta (2009)

A Sadean study of victims and predators

The second part of the ALL NIGHT LONG trilogy is a truly Sadean film. Every character is subjected to appalling humiliation and torture, inflicted for the gratification of the torturers. The only comparable Western picture is SALO O LE 120 GIORNATE DI SODOMA. But where Pier Paolo Pasolini's movie is a political allegory, writer-director Katsuya Matsumura focuses on his characters. He's interested in what drives them, why some are predators and others victims, and how certain victims ultimately become predators.

A gang's protection racket victimizes a high-school student with whom the gang leader becomes obsessed. The leader makes every effort to seduce the

student. When his advances are rebuffed, the leader tries to force the student into acts of degradation and violence. The student's friends are also captured and brutalized. The leader's efforts are finally successful: the student becomes every bit as savage as his tormentors.

ALL NIGHT LONG 2 is exceptionally graphic, with explicit and realistic depictions of every outrage, but what makes the movie so disturbing is the believability of the characters. All of the cast delivers powerful and convincing performances, although many of them (like most of the technical crew) didn't allow their real names to be used in the credits.

Certainly not for all audiences, OORU NAITO RONGU 2: SANJI is nonetheless seriously-intentioned, and amongst the most effective studies ever of the darkest recesses of humanity.