Angel Guts: Red Vertigo

"We sought each other because we were thirsty."

1988 1h 14m JA

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5.9

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★5.9TMDB · 27

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Synopsis

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Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients' lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend, the driver of the car takes her as a sexual prisoner.

“We sought each other because we were thirsty.”

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Cast

Mayako Katsuragi
Nami Tsuchiya
Naoto Takenaka
Tetsuro Muraki
Jun Izumi
Ayumi
Kazuyo Ezaki
Nogawa
Akira Otaka
Mine
Akira Emoto
Yakuza
Saeko Kizuki
Yakuza's Lover
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kenji Ohta

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Ishii
Writers: Takashi Ishii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Angel Guts Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Ishii, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Fujio Satou. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Akimasa Kawashima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Mayako Katsuragi and Naoto Takenaka and Jun Izumi carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takashi Ishii directs. Yasushi Sasakibara behind the camera. Fujio Satou scores. Akimasa Kawashima cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 74-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Angel Guts Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Takashi Ishii, shot by Yasushi Sasakibara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Fujio Satou. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Akimasa Kawashima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Mayako Katsuragi and Naoto Takenaka and Jun Izumi carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "We sought each other because we were thirsty.".
10IMDB entry: tt0224236 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
12Released under 10 different titles around the world.