1974 Film Editorial note
School of the Holy Beast
Original title: 聖獣学園
Also known as Seiju Gakuen
Language Japanese
Norifumi Suzuki's convent melodrama follows a woman investigating her mother's death, combining a mystery plot with religious authority, repression and stylized punishment.
Editorial note
Film historian Jasper Sharp identifies it as a template for later Japanese convent fetish films, including Catholic Nun Rope Hell and Wet Rope Confession. Its imagery offers context for the screen history of restraint, rather than a documentary account of rope practice.
People & projects
- Suzuki Norifumi 鈴木則文 director; co-screenwriter; original story
- Kakefuda Masahiro 掛札昌裕 co-screenwriter
- Takigawa Yumi 多岐川裕美 cast
- Yamauchi Emiko 山内えみこ cast
- Watanabe Fumio 渡辺文雄 cast
- Sawada Ryuji 沢田竜治 co-author of original story
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