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is a 2004 independently-produced Japan
ese film that recounts the story of the murder of Junko Furuta
. The film deals as much with the social
factors that produced Furuta's four assailants as it does with Furuta's suffering at their hands.
The film involves four boys who kidnap a girl named Misaki. The boys rape
, torture
, and murder her in a similar manner to the manner of the boys who killed Junko Furuta.
Many people protested the film's release before it even premiered, and it was eventually relegated to specialty theater showings and a DVD
release.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese film that recounts the story of the murder of Junko Furuta
Murder of Junko Furuta
was a 1988–89 murder in which a Japanese girl, 17-year-old Junko Furuta , was murdered.-Crime:On November 25, 1988, four boys, including a 17-year-old whose personal name was Jō and would be later given the surname Kamisaku, abducted and held Furuta, a third-year high school student from Misato,...
. The film deals as much with the social
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
factors that produced Furuta's four assailants as it does with Furuta's suffering at their hands.
The film involves four boys who kidnap a girl named Misaki. The boys rape
Rape
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse, which is initiated by one or more persons against another person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority or with a person who is incapable of valid consent. The...
, torture
Torture
Torture is the act of inflicting severe pain as a means of punishment, revenge, forcing information or a confession, or simply as an act of cruelty. Throughout history, torture has often been used as a method of political re-education, interrogation, punishment, and coercion...
, and murder her in a similar manner to the manner of the boys who killed Junko Furuta.
Many people protested the film's release before it even premiered, and it was eventually relegated to specialty theater showings and a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
release.