Angel Guts: Red Classroom (film)
Synopsis. Writer Muraki becomes obsessed with a porn starlet, Nami, while doing a feature story on her. They begin a short romance after he discovers that Nami was an unwilling participant in a porn film and that its rape sequence was real. When he finds her again, years later, she has descended into prostitution. Background. Although this is the second in the "Angel Guts" series from Nikkatsu, it is the first written by Takashi Ishii and introduces Muraki and Nami as names for the main characters in the series. Ishii's interest was in exploring  the relationships between men and women – especially how men view women. Muraki in this film has trouble distinguishing between his idealized image of Nami and her reality. Critical appraisal. The Weissers call this one of director Chūsei Sone's best films and give it a rating of three and a half stars out of four, while critic Jasper Sharp considers it not only one of Sone's best works, but one of the finest of the entire "Roman porno" series. Legacy. American avant-garde band Xiu Xiu named after the film. Awards. 1st Yokohama Film Festival Angel Guts: Red Classroom