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 ANGEL
GUTS (Artsmagic)
. Five DVDs. Total running time is 411 minutes. Not Rated. Japanese
with English subtitles. Contains
lots of rape and nudity which may be disturbing to most.
High
School Co-Ed- 1978. 79 minutes. As
a biker gang goes around robbing and raping women, dissention arises when
one of the member’s sister becomes the target.
My favorite of the set, this is the least confusing of the five.
The biker gang makes some great noises during the rape scenes,
especially the crazy guy. I
really could’ve done without the scene involving aunt flows first visit,
but otherwise, a very good flick.
Red
Classroom- 1979. 79 minutes. A
porn photographer becomes obsessed with an actress he sees in a rape film.
By far the worst of the 5. At
no point during the movie did I enjoy what I saw, nor care what was going
to happen next. The best part
of Red Classroom comes at the 79
minute mark.
Nami-
1979. 98 minutes. A reporter,
Nami, for a women’s magazine interviews rape victims and writes their
stories for others to read. Her
interest in the subject matter leads to fascinating encounters.
I thoroughly enjoyed Nami.
I’ll probably go to hell for
writing this, but the best part of the movie is when Nami, the bitchy,
pushy reporter, gets what is coming to her.
I actually started to applaud.
Another enjoyable rape scene involves a pool of formaldehyde, dead
bodies, a doctor, and a nurse. Very
nicely done.
Red
Porno- 1981. 67 minutes. After
filling in for a friend at work, which involved posing in an S&M
magazine, the main character, also named Nami (in fact there’s a Nami in
every film), is stalked by a fan. At
least half of this movie is sex or masturbation scenes, including one of
the oddest masturbation scenes I have ever seen.
I’m pretty sure I saw an egg in a condom, and then some pencils.
Later on in the movie a table leg is used.
One masturbation scene I didn’t enjoy involved just a guy.
I highly recommend this movie for sickos like myself that get a
kick out of these type of things.
Red
Vertigo- 1988. 74 minutes. In
this film we follow along another Nami, a nurse, who, quite possibly, has
the worst day ever. In the
morning she is assaulted and nearly raped by 2 of her patients.
After running home, she discovers her boyfriend cheating on her.
She’s then hit by a car and assaulted twice more, at which point
a bizarre relationship is formed. I
was looking forward to this movie, but it was a bit of a downer.
The action was slow and predictable.
I also found the plot to be highly unlikely and just outright
ridiculous. Nothing special
here.
This box
set comprises five movies, released by the,
Nikkatsu studio,
which are based on the 1970`s Japanese manga by Ishii Takashi, ‘Tenshi
no Harawata’ (Angel Guts). Overall, I enjoyed the box set, which is
amazing, because I usually can’t stand movies with subtitles.
I will have to warn you though, if you’re going to watch this set
just to see the sex scenes, don’t bother.
Most of them are identical to each other and, besides Red Porno, nothing is shown besides a lot of breasts and bare asses.
Although all 5 movies are basically about the same subject, I
enjoyed how each movie had a unique plot that involved the subject matter.
All five movies have the same extras: commentary, original
trailers, original sleeve art, and bios, to name a few.
Definitely check out this box set if you’re interested in the
subject matter, and don’t be afraid to laugh and enjoy yourself.
Hey, we may even run into each other in hell.
– C
Clark
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