Jogakusei: harakiri

This is a second part of Japanese extreme gore series about harakiri. If you saw any of them before, than probably you know what to expect for. If you don't saw any of this extreme flicks, then I'll try to explain what should you expect for. First of all - don't expect for any plot in this movie! If you aren't gory movies fan than this movie is not for you. During the whole film you'll see Japanese girl dressed like a schoolgirl. She'll perform harakiri right before your eyes (of course it's not real but it looks pretty realistic). Finally she dies. The action is slow, everything is very detailed in this movie. The girls death is long and painful - after she cuts her abdomen, she pulls out her intestine and only after that she dies. Like I said - effects look pretty realistic, so the gore lovers should like this one piece. Otherwise - I don't see any point in watching this if you're not gore fan...

I got this as part of a set of 6 harakiri films, mainly because the films are kind of rare and I wanted to see what the fuss was about. Having only seen 2 previous harakiri-style films, I figured I'd give this series a shot to see if they brought anything to the table...well, they didn't really...

Much in the fashion of all the other films on this set (and this genre as a whole), this one has a girl in a costume-like outfit (this time Sailor Moon, or maybe just a Japanese school-girl outfit - in either case she looks like Sailor Moon...) who starts of by looking at a photo album of pictures of the first girl in this set of films. She seems to be turned on and figures that gutting herself might make things better. The requisite gut stabbing and entrails-pulling ensue...

As a harakiri-style film - I'll give it a 6, as the "actress's" motivation in this one, namely that she appears to be turned-on by the thought of ritual suicide is an interesting take on the genre (and trust me people, I'm grasping for any sort of substance with these films...), but this one still isn't as strong an entry as LOST PARADISE or Tamakichi Anaru's WOMEN'S FLESH or PSYCHO: SUICIDE DOLLS. 6/10 as a harakiri film - 2/10 as an "enjoyable" horror film - only worth seeing in terms of gore and repulsiveness, or for true "fans" of this genre - although I have to be honest and say I've never met a true fan of this genre...