Raped with Eyes: Daydream

Raped with Eyes: Daydream
Theatrical poster for Raped with Eyes: Daydream (1982)
Directed byToshiyuki Mizutani[1]
Written byToshiyuki Mizutani
Starring
CinematographyYūichi Nagata
Music byHiroki Sakaguchi
Production
company
Takahashi Productions[2]
Distributed byShintōhō Eiga
Release date
  • September 1982 (1982-09)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Raped with Eyes: Daydream (視姦白日夢, Shikan Hakujitsumu) is a 1982 Japanese pink film directed by Toshiyuki Mizutani.

Synopsis

Kazu is a man who indulges in daydream fantasies of sexual dalliances with women. As his fantasies become increasingly violent and even homicidal, neither he nor the film's audience is sure whether these are really harmless, if perverse, fantasies or if they are really happening.[2]

Cast

  • Kazuhiro Yamaji (山路和宏) as Kazu[1][2]
  • Shinobu Nami (奈美しのぶ)
  • Makoto Yoshino (美野真琴)
  • Mika Hijiri (聖ミカ)
  • Seiko Munakata (宗方征子)

Background

Director Toshiyuki Mizutani's first film as was Lust Hunting: Office Lady Rape (also 1982), which Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser label a "wicked debut". For his interest in cinematic violence critics dubbed him "The Pink Demon". Raped with Eyes: Daydream is Mizutani's best-known work.[3] With this film, Mizutani added the elements of surrealism and fantasy which enabled him to distance himself and the audience from the on-screen mayhem and to add a further level of meaning to the scenario. The Weissers write, "The psychotic perspective of the film compensates for the offensive message."[2]

Availability

Toshiyuki Mizutani filmed Raped with Eyes: Daydream for director Banmei Takahashi's Takahashi Productions,[2] and it was released theatrically in Japan by Shintōhō Eiga in September 1982.[4] On May 21, 1999, under the title Bright Daydream (視感白日夢, Mikan Hakujitsumu), Arena Entertainment released Raped with Eyes: Daydream on DVD as the second in their Japanese Pink Film Classics Series (日本ピンク映画厳選名作シリーズ).[5]

Bibliography

English

  • "SHIKAN HAKUJITSUMU". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  • Shikan hakujitsumu (1982) at IMDb
  • Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 328, 341. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.

Japanese

References

  1. ^ a b 視姦白日夢 (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  2. ^ a b c d e Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. pp. 328, 341. ISBN 1-889288-52-7.
  3. ^ Weisser, p. 360.
  4. ^ 視姦白日夢 (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). Retrieved 2010-04-14.
  5. ^ 新東宝ピンク傑作選 (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. Archived from the original on March 24, 2008. Retrieved 2010-04-14.