School of the Holy Beast (1974)
3.5 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 31min
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- Synopsis:
- A young woman (Yumi Takigawa) becomes a nun at the Sacred Heart Convent to find out what happened to her mother years earlier. She encounters a lesbian mother superior, lecherous archbishops, and uncovers many dark secrets. The convent also practices brutal discipline and encourages masochistic rituals such as self-flagellation. In one scene, two nuns are forced to strip to the waist and whip each other severely with heavy floggers. Later, Takigawa is tortured and whipped by a group of nuns armed with rose-thorns.
- Actors:
- Emiko Yamauchi, Yayoi Watanabe, Yumi Takigawa, Ryouko Ima, Harumi Tajima, Natsuko Yashiro, Marie Antoinette, Emi Jô, Rie Saotome, Sanae Ôhori, Kyouko Negishi, Yumi Kimura, Yôko Mihara, Akiko Mori, Fumio Watanabe, Hayato Tani, Ryôko Ema, Kiyome Takemura, Komimasa Tanaka
- Directors:
- Norifumi Suzuki
- Writers:
- Masahiro Kakefuda, Norifumi Suzuki
- Aka:
- Seijû gakuen / Convent of the Sacred Beast / The Transgressor
- Genres:
- Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
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