Widow's Perverted Hell
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aka Look Into Me is a 1991
Japan
ese pink film directed by Hisayasu Satō
. It won the Best Film 6th place award at the Pink Grand Prix
.
filmed Widow's Perverted Hell from a script by Kyōko Godai for Kan Mukai
's Shishi Productions and it was released theatrically in Japan by Xces Films on April 26, 1991. At the fourth annual Pink Grand Prix
, the Japanese pink film community chose it as the sixth best pink film release of the year. On April 9, 2010 it was re-released as .
Allmovie judges most of Widow's Perverted Hell to be a "rather lackluster", "routine" film from Satō, which is intended as a "dark meditation on the unhinging effects of grief". However, according to the review, the final sequence makes the film "worth seeing". "Like Divine's memorable strut through the streets of Baltimore in Pink Flamingos
, this scene was shot guerrilla-style, with no warning, and some of the reactions from unsuspecting pedestrians are absolutely priceless." In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers give the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, writing that this is "[a]nother trenchant example of Sato's guerilla shooting".
1991 in film
The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York* Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for science fiction action films with its groundbreaking visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic.*November...
Japan
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 pink film directed by Hisayasu Satō
Hisayasu Sato
is a Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best known works are the pink film The Bedroom , and the V-Cinema splatter film Splatter: Naked Blood . He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle...
. It won the Best Film 6th place award at the Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....
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Synopsis
A married couple enjoy engaging in S&M sexual behavior, and the wife, Yuri, asserts, "The ultimate SM play is death." After her husband dies, supposedly accidentally, Yuri is left alone, grieving and self-destructive. Her mental state deteriorates as she watches and masturbates joylessly to the home-made SM videos she made with her husband. In the film's climax, Yuri goes to a public square, nude and bound, and pleads with passing strangers to aid her masturbation.Cast
- Yuri Hime
- Shōichiro Sakata
- Kiyomi ItōKiyomi Itōis a Japanese actress best known for her performances in pink films. She was given Best Actress awards at the Pink Grand Prix for her work in this genre in 1990, 1992 and 1994.- Life and career :...
- Yutaka IkejimaYutaka Ikejimais a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the...
- Aya Midorikawa
- Kōichi Imaizumi
Release and critical appraisal
Hisayasu SatōHisayasu Sato
is a Japanese exploitation film director. He has worked prolifically in the pinku eiga genre. His best known works are the pink film The Bedroom , and the V-Cinema splatter film Splatter: Naked Blood . He is known for his "sledgehammer" filmmaking style, and using his exploitation career to tackle...
filmed Widow's Perverted Hell from a script by Kyōko Godai for Kan Mukai
Kan Mukai
aka Hiroshi Mukai and was a Japanese film director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter, known for his pioneering work in the pink film genre...
's Shishi Productions and it was released theatrically in Japan by Xces Films on April 26, 1991. At the fourth annual Pink Grand Prix
Pink Grand Prix
The or is an annual Japanese film award ceremony which recognizes excellence in the pink film. Known as the "Academy Awards of the Pink Film", the ceremony attracts a diverse audience of industry personnel, film scholars and the general public....
, the Japanese pink film community chose it as the sixth best pink film release of the year. On April 9, 2010 it was re-released as .
Allmovie judges most of Widow's Perverted Hell to be a "rather lackluster", "routine" film from Satō, which is intended as a "dark meditation on the unhinging effects of grief". However, according to the review, the final sequence makes the film "worth seeing". "Like Divine's memorable strut through the streets of Baltimore in Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos
Pink Flamingos is a 1972 transgressive black comedy film written, produced, composed, shot, edited, and directed by John Waters. When the film was initially released, it caused a huge degree of controversy and thus became one of the most notorious cult films ever made. It made an underground star...
, this scene was shot guerrilla-style, with no warning, and some of the reactions from unsuspecting pedestrians are absolutely priceless." In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers give the film two-and-a-half out of four stars, writing that this is "[a]nother trenchant example of Sato's guerilla shooting".