Shudojo: nure nawa zange (1979)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Koyu Ohara

Writer:

Akira Nakano (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Sadist | Sex | Degradation | Convent | Lesbian Nun

Cast

Yûko Akane
Yutaka Hayashi	...	Kazama
Yuki Nohira	...	Miki
Miyako Yamaguchi

Also Known As:

Wet & Rope (USA)
Wet Rope Confession (USA)

Runtime:

Netherlands:74 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Nikkatsu

Surreal Japan Nunsploitation

I have to give Koyu Ohara's 'Wet Rope Confession' a high rating because among other things, it is an utterly unique and fascinating viewing experience. Here is one of the oddest 'pink' films of all time, concerning a beautiful young woman who joins a bizarre convent after being raped on her wedding night, by a gang of thugs. Loaded with surreal imagery and filmed with great style, director Koyu O'Hara utilizes garish colors especially well, and some scenes are truly gorgeous. Other scenes are quite indescribable, such as when the young woman Miki, and a fellow nun enter a disco in the middle of the afternoon and are picked up by some shady looking characters. Some scoff at the bizarre imagery here, but I believe everything has it's meaning. Symbolism is in fact the dominating factor in this one. The ending is especially bizarre, but somehow extremely sweet and romantic at the same time, as actress Yuki Nohira possesses a rare quality of appearing very sexual and also totally naive and innocent at the same time. The acting, as in most of the Japan 'pink' films of this time, is extremely good. The film-makers touch on a very obscure but potent erotic nerve by showing nuns in sexual situations, while appearing to enjoy the experience while simultaneously being disturbed by what they are doing. Fans of cult cinema should have a very special appreciation for these films, for before the advent of DVD productions like 'Wet Rope' were absolutely unheard of outside of their native land. The 1970's were truly a great time for underground cinema, and 'Wet Rope Confession' is a nice example of what that decade had to offer. See this mysterious and beautiful film!