Joshikôsei konkurîto-zume satsujin-jiken: Kowareta sebuntîn-tachi

Katsuya Matsumura's 1995 horror movie "Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case" is based on a true crime case of Japanese schoolgirl Junko Furuta.In November of 1988 four young men abducted and held Furuta for several weeks in the house of one of the captors.The girl was violently raped and subjected to torture and sexual degradation for example she was forced to masturbate.On 4th January 1989 four sadists beat her with an iron barbell,poured lighter fluid on her legs,arms,face and stomach and immolated her.She died later that day of shock and her mutilated corpse was hidden in an oil-drum filled with cement.Katsuya Matsumura of "All Night Long" series fame is possibly the most misanthropic Japanese film-maker."Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case" is an incredibly nihilistic and disturbing film loaded with scenes of sexual violence and abuse.This is an ugly and honest piece of Japanese exploitation that tells about man's barbarity and willing to torture,dominate and exploit the weaker.I can't wait to see Matsumura's newest horror film "Ki-re-i?".Watch this one at your own risk!

I had tears in my eyes during this. Ive already seen CONCRETE 2004 so i knew what i was getting into here. Ive would of gave this movie 10 out 10 if the picture quality wasn't so bad.

What i love about this movie is the narration. It gives you a way more sinister vibe listening to what is going on. The acting seems okay, the plot is well the tragic tale of the Late Junko Furuta. This is one of those movies like Grave of the Fireflies that you really can not enjoy, but you can love it as a reminder.

What makes this movie better then CONCRETE 2004, is the narration and the tone, this is a pitch black movie. The case of Junko Furuta is extremely depressing. I think that the gore scenes could of been a bit more brutal, as in to truly showcase the tragic nature of this case, but that does not break this movie from being pretty good.

I enjoyed it, i just wish we had better camera work, the camera quality in this is really bad, and i wish we had more character development regarding Junko, we just learn she is a regular girl, and then right into abduction, i wish they gave us more about her.