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Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Secrets of a Woman's Temple
1969 1h 19m JA
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8.0
BANGER
★8.0TMDB · 2
DramaHorror
Synopsis
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A woman joins a convent to investigate the suspicious death of her brother but nothing could prepare her for the horror and depravity that takes place behind the convent walls.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Michiyo Yasuda
Sanae Nakahara
Shigako Shimegi
Machiko Hasegawa
Yoshihiko Aoyama
Naomi Kobayashi
Yasuyo Matsumura
Mitsuko Tanaka
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Tokuzō Tanaka
- Writers
- Shozaburo Asai
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Tokuzō Tanaka directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 79-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 257 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Part of the "Daiei "Ero Guro/Unique Historical Drama Line"" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 5Michiyo Yasuda and Sanae Nakahara and Shigako Shimegi carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0199598 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 79 min · 1h 19m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Part of
Daiei "Ero Guro/Unique Historical Drama Line"
From 1968 to 1969, Daiei released a series of low-budget exploitation films, which it named the "Ero Guro/Unique Historical Drama" Line". This consisted of two series: the "Woman's Secret" series and the "Kanto Woman" series. Later, after their merger with Nikkatsu in 1970, two more films were released in the series.
Also by
Tokuzō Tanaka
Production companies
Who made it
Daiei Film
JP
Key crew
- CinematographyChikashi Makiura
- MusicHajime Kaburagi
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1969-01-25
