Violent Virgin
Directed by: Kôji Wakamatsu
Cast: Eri Ashikawa, Toshiyuki Tanigawa and Miki Hayashi
One of the more unusual entries in Wakamatsu's Pinku repertoire. A gang of men and women bring a virginal couple into a barren landscape. The couple is tied, teased, poked, and undressed, provoked to sex. The man thinks he has a tail which comes and goes and has strange dreams. The woman is crucified while the man is given the corrupting and alluring status of boss while they play sexual games with him and the Yakuza boss watches from afar with a long-range rifle. Violence and madness erupt, mixed with Christian symbolism as they kill and rape each other. A messy study on the innocent vs. bestial in man.
Easily the most divisive film in this series, Violent Virgin is guaranteed to bewilder, titillate and spark debate in the theater lobby. Shot on a punishingly low budget and tight schedule, the film follows the bizarre ritual of a group of Yakuza and their female companions, who all go to the countryside to punish their boss’s unfaithful mistress and her chinpira (low-level Yakuza) lover.
Filled with sex and cruelty, as well as Wakamatsu’s trademark fantastic eye for black-and-white images, Violent Virgin is one of the headiest and rawest works in all of late ’60s Japanese cinema.
Remastered Print
1969 BLK/WHT 16:9 Anamorphic 66 Mins.
Japanese with English subtitles
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