Violated Angels
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is a film made by controversial Japanese director Koji Wakamatsu
in 1967
. Wakamatsu's most famous film, it is based on the mass murder spree of Richard Speck
in 1966.
In the tradition of Wakamatsu's other Pinku eiga
(Pink Films), there is lots of sexuality and nudity. However most of the actual murders take place off screen.
praises Wakamatsu's artistic talent, yet pans the film for its "...anti-feminist sadism which is not based on any ideological explanation and finally contributes misanthropic flavour to his work."
Koji Wakamatsu
is a Japanese film director who directed such pinku eiga films as and . He also produced Nagisa Ōshima's controversial film In the Realm of the Senses...
in 1967
1967 in film
The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:* December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
. Wakamatsu's most famous film, it is based on the mass murder spree of Richard Speck
Richard Speck
Richard Franklin Speck was a mass murderer who systematically tortured, raped and murdered eight student nurses from South Chicago Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois on July 14, 1966.- Monmouth, 1941–1950 :...
in 1966.
Plot
A young man breaks into a nurses' rooming house and one-by-one kills off the nurses therein.In the tradition of Wakamatsu's other Pinku eiga
Pinku eiga
is a style of Japanese softcore pornographic theatrical film. Films of this genre first appeared in the early 1960s, and dominated the Japanese domestic cinema from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. In the 1960s, the pink films were largely the product of small, independent studios...
(Pink Films), there is lots of sexuality and nudity. However most of the actual murders take place off screen.
Criticism
Like many films of this nature, Violated Angels was called anti-feminist and misogynistic by some critics. In Film As A Subversive Art, a book on underground cinema, Amos VogelAmos Vogel
Amos Vogel was one of the most influential cineasts in New York. He is best known for his bestselling book Film as a Subversive Art and as the founder of the New York City avantgarde ciné-club Cinema 16 , where he was the first programmer to present films by Roman Polanski, John Cassavetes,...
praises Wakamatsu's artistic talent, yet pans the film for its "...anti-feminist sadism which is not based on any ideological explanation and finally contributes misanthropic flavour to his work."