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Invisible Man: Rape!
Invisible Man: Rape!
	Theatrical poster for Invisible Man: Rape! (1978)
Directed by	Isao Hayashi
Written by	Kenshō Nakano (original story); Kochiho Katsura (screenplay);
Produced by	Akihiko Yamaki
Starring	Izumi Shima
Cinematography	Kuratarō Takamura
Music by	Shin Takada
Distributed by	Nikkatsu
Release date	December 23, 1978;
Running time	65 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Invisible Man: Rape! (透明人間　犯せ！, Tomei ningen: okase!) aka Lusty Transparent Man is a 1978 Japanese film in Nikkatsu's Roman porno series, directed by Isao Hayashi and starring Izumi Shima.

Synopsis

Ippei, a college student, finds a formula that can render him invisible. He uses it to spy on women's bathhouses, and have sex with female students. A professor becomes aware of his activities and punishes him.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Teru Satō: Ippei^[4]
Izumi Shima: Momoko (Ippei's wife)
Rhandie Anugerah Gabriel (Mr.Guskaida Invisible Man)
Maria Mari: Machiko (Momoko's sister)
Erina Miyai: Akira
Shin Takada
Yūko Asuka
Nami Aoki
Jun Aki
Tatsuya Hamaguchi
Toshihiko Oda
Ichirō Kijima
Genki Koyama

Critical appraisal

In their Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films, the Weissers give Invisible Man: Rape! a rating of two points out of four. Judging Isai Hayashi to be an "apathetic" and "by-the-numbers" director, they note that this film is one of his best. Besides the interesting theme, they write that the film is helped by a good-looking and competent cast.^[3]

Allmovie writes that Invisible Man: Rape! more closely resembles later U.S. teen wish-fulfillment fantasies like Zapped! (1982) and Invisible Maniac (1990) than contemporary rape-themed Roman porno films.^[2]

Background

Director Isao Hayashi worked with Nikkatsu from the beginning of the Roman porno era, directing Castle Orgies, one of the first two releases of the series.^[5] The Weissers note that it may be Hayashi's work with historical dramas that gives his directorial style a pedantic feel.^[3] Along with Lady Kamakura: Cherry Boy Club (1975) Invisible Man: Rape! was one of Hayashi's most successful films.^[6]

The lead actress in Invisible Man: Rape!, Izumi Shima, had been promoted as "Nikkatsu's most beautiful actress", and was debuted in Lady Chatterley In Tokyo (1977), a project tailored for her.^[7] When that film failed to gain much approval, Shima was given a string of lower-profile projects. Her career was revived in 1982 when SM-author Oniroku Dan chose her to star in his first film production, Dark Hair, Velvet Soul. After that, Shima made a name for herself in the S&M genre, especially with films based on works by Dan, and became regarded as one of Nikkatsu's leading actresses of the 1980s.^[8]

Availability

Invisible Man: Rape! was released theatrically in Japan on December 23, 1978.^[1] It was released on home video in Japan in VHS format on June 7, 1996.^[9]

Bibliography

English

"TOMEI NINGEN: OKASE!". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
Tômei-ningen: okase! (1978) at IMDb
Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese

透明人間犯せ！(1978) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
透明人間犯せ！ (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
透明人間犯せ！ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
透明人間犯せ！(邦画) (in Japanese). Kinema Junpo. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
透明人間・犯せ！ (in Japanese). www.nikkatsu-romanporno.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

Notes

^ ^a ^b "透明人間犯せ！". Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Archived from the original on 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^ ^a ^b Firsching, Robert. "TOMEI NINGEN: OKASE!". Allmovie. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^ ^a ^b ^c Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. p. 213. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
^ 透明人間犯せ！(1978) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
^ Sharp, Jasper (2008). Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Guildford: FAB Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7.
^ Weisser, p. 304.
^ Weisser, pp. 223-224
^ Weisser, p. 339.
^ "透明人間犯せ! (VHS)" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-09-11.