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Wikipedia article




, or 'Abnormal Criminal', is a 1967 Japanese 'pink film' directed by Kji Seki. It was the first 3-D film produced in Japan, and, according to Allmovie, the world's first 3-D sex film.

Synopsis



A madman is on the loose, raping and murdering women and sometimes engaging in necrophilia. After one woman manages to flee the criminal before he has killed her, she goes to the police for help in bringing him to justice. The criminal targets the woman for murder.

Cast



* Setsu Shimizu (the woman)

* Shhei Mut (the rapist)

* Khei Tsuzaki (the policeman)

* Keisuke Akitsu

* Mari Nagisa

Critical appraisal and background



On a technical level, 'Perverted Criminal' is notable for being Japan's first 3-D film. Allmovie writes that it was also the first 3-D sex film in the world, however, in the chapter "Sexploitation Films" in the book 'Incredibly Strange Films', Jim Morton writes that Jack H. Harris, producer of 'The Blob' (1958), made the first 3-D sexploitation film with 'Paradisio' (1962). 'Perverted Criminal' was shot in the "part-color" format common with 'pink films' of this period, with only a few scenes shot in color. In the case of 'Perverted Criminal', rather than sex scenes, it is the murder scenes, coupled with the 3-D effects, which are given the lurid emphasis of color.

In their 'Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films', Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser compare 'Perverted Criminal' to later 3-D sex films such as 'The Stewardesses' (1969), and describe 'Perverted Criminal' as "a considerably more violent and sleazy venture than any of the international 3-D erotica which followed". Allmovie also judges the film a "gruesome affair" and a "sordid sleazefest".

The star of 'Perverted Criminal', Setsu Shimizu, had first come to prominence for her leading role in director Shin'ya Yamamoto's Nihon Cinema 'pink film', 'Torture by a Woman' (1967). Prior to this breakout performance, she had been cast in supporting roles in various 'pink films' for directors such as Giichi Nishihara and 'Perverted Criminal's Kji Seki. She later starred in Kin'ya Ogawa's 1968 horror film for kura Studio, 'Ghost Story Of Barabara Phantom'.Weisser, p. 439. Director Seki's 1969 film 'Abnormal Sex Crimes' was a remake of 'Perverted Criminal'. Mari Nagisa, who had a role in 'Perverted Criminal', starred as the victim in this remake, and Khei Tsuzaki was the rapist.

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Category:1967 films

Category:1960s Japanese-language films

Category:Pink films

Category:1960s 3D films

Category:1960s Japanese films

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