Japanese Religion in Film

[Jason Gray]

Don't forget the exploitation sub-genre of nasty RC (and
buddhist) nun films -- there are many. The Mother Superior
of them all is Suzuki Norifumi's Seij
«å Gakuen ¡ÖÀ»½Ã³Ø±à¡×(1974) aka "School of the Holy
Beast"/"Convent of the Sacred Beast". It's beautifully
made and boldly blasphemous. If you thought trampling on
the fumie was bad...

It's actually getting a very limited theatrical release in
Montreal (already finished) and Austin, TX by this
company:

http://www.cultepics.com/


Here's a (very adult) one-page comic that summarizes the
film:

http://www.montrealmirror.com/2005/032405/mpp.html


jg