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Wikipedia article




'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 Yko 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

* Yko Azusa as Eiko Yano

* Shigeru Ichiki as Tamura

* Kai Abe as kubo

* 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.Weisser, p. 54. 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' (1977), writing, "The film is still deplorable, but not nearly as repulsive as the former notorious entry".Weisser, p. 53. 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".

Availability



'Attacked!!' was released theatrically in Japan on February 4, 1978. It was released on DVD in Japan on March 24, 2006, as part of Geneon's third wave of Nikkatsu 'Roman porno' series.

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Category:1978 films

Category:1970s erotic thriller films

Category:Films directed by Yasuharu Hasebe

Category:1970s Japanese-language films

Category:Nikkatsu films

Category:Pink films

Category:1970s pornographic films

Category:Japanese erotic thriller films

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