Attacked!!
Encyclopedia
aka Attack!! is a 1978 Japanese film in the "Violent Pink" style of Nikkatsu
's Roman porno series, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
and starring Asami Ogawa and Yōko Azusa.
The Weissers judge Attacked!! to be a step back in the brutality Hasebe portrayed in his "offensively appalling" Rape! 13th Hour
(1977), writing, "The film is still deplorable, but not nearly as repulsive as the former notorious entry". Allmovie also notes that this film is less extreme than Rape! 13th Hour, but that Hasebe nevertheless creates tension through the suspenseful plot. Of the attacker never being revealed, Allmovie comments, "The ending feels a bit like a cheat to those viewers attempting to guess the rapist's identity, but the film holds together as a solid thriller nonetheless".
Nikkatsu
is a Japanese entertainment company well known for its film and television productions. It is Japan's oldest major movie studio. The name Nikkatsu is an abbreviation of Nippon Katsudō Shashin, literally "Japan Cinematograph Company".-History:...
's Roman porno series, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe
Yasuharu Hasebe
was a Japanese film director best known known for his movies in the "Violent pink" subgenre of the Pink film, such as Assault! Jack the Ripper , Rape! , Rape! 13th Hour and Raping!...
and starring Asami Ogawa and Yōko Azusa.
Synopsis
A policewoman is attacked, handcuffed and raped while on night patrol. Rather than report the incident, she determines to find and punish the rapist herself. After the same attacker again rapes her in the police restroom, she becomes terrified of another encounter, and develops a victim mentality. The criminal is neither caught nor identified at the end of the film, leaving the policewoman's feelings of terror and desire for vengeance unresolved.Cast
- Asami Ogawa as Kumiko Kawai
- Yōko Azusa as Eiko Yano
- Shigeru Ichiki as Tamura
- Kai Abe as Ōkubo
- Atsushi Takahashi as Ejima
- Kunio Shimizu as Shingo Kanai
- Yuri Risa as Mayumi
- Noboru Migaki as Male gangster A
- Toshikatsu Matsukaze as Male gangster B
- Tomoko Sakurai as Female gangster A
- Fumie Akira as Fembale gangster B
- Jun Todoki as Yasugi's wife
Critical appraisal
The film's ending, in which the attacker's identity remains a mystery, has generated the most polarizing comment from critics. Some consider this a suspenseful, unusual plot strategy, while others dismiss it as teasing the audience. In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers write, "the unsettling nature of this denouement generates considerably more tension than the standard thriller, as the viewer can't shake the feeling that the story hasn't ended at all. The fear continues long after the credits insist it's The End".The Weissers judge Attacked!! to be a step back in the brutality Hasebe portrayed in his "offensively appalling" Rape! 13th Hour
Rape! 13th Hour
is a 1977 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Yasuharu Hasebe and starring Yuri Yamashina.-Synopsis:A man sporting a red jacket seeks shelter at the gas station where he works. He is an anonymous serial rapist known as "Crimson" and is fleeing a vigilante group which has...
(1977), writing, "The film is still deplorable, but not nearly as repulsive as the former notorious entry". Allmovie also notes that this film is less extreme than Rape! 13th Hour, but that Hasebe nevertheless creates tension through the suspenseful plot. Of the attacker never being revealed, Allmovie comments, "The ending feels a bit like a cheat to those viewers attempting to guess the rapist's identity, but the film holds together as a solid thriller nonetheless".