Angel Guts: Red Classroom(HKAFF 2016)

Based on comic books by artist-filmmaker Ishii Takashi, Angel Guts is a series of nine films under Nikkatsu’s Roman Porno brand. In one of its most provocative entries, Red Classroom follows a reporter who becomes obsessed with “saving” a porn star after discovering that the rape porn that she starred in was in fact real. Sone Chusei’s edgy and psychologically complex Vertigo-esque mystery transcends the borders of exploitation cinema by exploring the psyche of a traumatized woman and the danger of obsession.