Tenshi no harawata: Akai kyôshitsu (1979)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

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 Keywords:

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

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

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

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: Nami (1979)

Titillation, violence, abuse and fierce erotica

Second in the series and the second by Mr Sone and what an achievement it is. The rawness of the first is gone but this is not to say there is any less passion or vigour. Beginning with a shock sequence, this ends with an even more shocking one and for a centrepiece has a prolonged scene set in a love hotel in which the central female character, Nami, seems to turn into one of Edvard Munch's vampire women before our very eyes. This tour de force, encompassing love, marriage, passion and sentimentality concentrates more upon sexual violence and the aggression and greed of the participants. Whatever the type of relationship depicted, we are shown the same tendency towards abuse and to increase our anxiety all this is intercut with scary/sexy scenes of the making of porno movies and photo sex magazines. A challenging film that does not stop asking us questions whilst showering us with titillation, violence, abuse and fierce erotica.