Violated Angels (1967) Okasareta hakui | Region-Free (DVD) | Directed by Kôji Wakamatsu | English Subtitles

Title: Violated Angels (1967)

Alternate Title: Okasareta Hakui

Genre: Drama, Horror

Plot Synopsis:
Inspired by the 1966 Richard Speck incident, this film portrays a young man who infiltrates a nurses’ dormitory, leading to a harrowing sequence of events. The narrative delves into themes of repressed desires, societal breakdown, and the perversion of tenderness into nihilistic urges.

Cast and Crew:

• Director: Kōji Wakamatsu
• Writers: Kōji Wakamatsu, Jūrō Kara, Masao Adachi
• Cast:
  • Jūrō Kara
  • Keiko Koyanagi
  • Miki Hayashi
  • Shoko Kido
  • Kyōko Yayoi

IMDb Link:
Violated Angels (1967)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Filipe Furtado – ★★★★½
   “A 55-minute concentrated shot of everything that makes Wakamatsu a great artist. Repressed society pushed to breakdown, desire sublimated into nihilistic urge, tenderness perverted. Most reviews point out that the starting point here is the Richard Speck murders, but it is a true case of cultural appropriation using a very American crime for a meditation on Japanese malaise.”
2. c h r i s – ★★★★★
   “Sensual, provocative, and exploitative, an er0tic suffocating nightmare into the mind of a sociopathic madman. Violated Angels is loosely based off the killings in Chicago when Richard Speck massacred eight student nurses—it states in the letterboxd description that a man breaks into the nurses home but these women let this man in—which makes this whole picture even more horrifying in its own nature.”
3. Ben – ★★★★
   “Kōji Wakamatsu’s Violated Angels is another prime example of a pink film that defies genre expectations. There is nudity, s&x, and violence, but not without purpose. Wakamatsu’s objective isn’t to turn on viewers of the film. Instead, Wakamatsu portrays s&xual and violent content to represent the fear and frustration of the times and critique authority in compelling ways.”

Meta Description:
“Violated Angels” (1967), directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, is a Japanese drama-horror film that explores the dark recesses of human nature and societal repression, inspired by real-life events.