Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu (1979)

Director:

Chusei Sone

Writers:

Takashi Ishii (manga series Tenshi no harawata)
Takashi Ishii (screenplay)
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Release Date:

6 January 1979 (Japan)

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Based On Comic | Blue Movie | Classroom

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Yuuki Mizuhara	...	Nami Tsuchiya
Keizo Kanie	...	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

Directed by
Chusei Sone		(as Chuusei Sone)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Takashi Ishii		manga series Tenshi no harawata
Takashi Ishii		screenplay
Chusei Sone		screenplay (as Chuusei Sone)

Produced by
Yoshiyuki Kaino	....	producer
Naoya Narita	....	planner

Original Music by
Tsutomu Izumi

Cinematography by
Nobumasa Mizunoo

Film Editing by
Jun Nabeshima

Production Design by
Kazuo Yagyu		(as Kazuo Yagyuu)

Art Direction by
Kazuo Yagyu

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masao Asada	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Fumio Hashimoto	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Hideo Kumagai	....	lighting technician

Production Companies

• Nikkatsu

Distributors

• Artsmagic (US) Ltd. (2005) (USA) (DVD) (box set)
• Asian Cult Cinema (video)
• Nikkatsu (1979) (Japan) (theatrical)

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.