Kichiku
鬼畜大宴会 / KICHIKU DAI ENKAI
1997, 112 min, Color, 16mm, R21
Directed by: KUMAKIRI Kazuyoshi / 熊切 和嘉
Cast: MIKAMI Sumiko, SAWADA Shunsuke, BOKUDA Shigeru
Source: ONI Production / Pia Film Festival
Made for around $20,000 as a graduation project at Osaka Art College, Kumakiri's 16mm feature shows the remnants of a left wing activist group holed up in an abandoned country house around 1970. Its leader has been arrested and imprisoned. When word comes that he has killed himself in jail, his girlfriend Masami (Mikami) goes berserk. Convinced that the group harbours a traitor, she goes on a killing spree, as psychosis spreads all around.
Official Selection - Berlinale 1998 Panorama
2nd Grand Prix - Pia Film Festival 1997
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