A secretary's first job becomes a nightmare of power and revenge in 60 ruthless minutes.
Rie was studying secretarial work at a vocational school. When her father was hospitalized, she decided to quit school and work to earn money for his medical expenses. Her father had secretly helped her find a job at a trading company, and she was invited to work in the company's secretarial department. She met with the president, Kondo, and was officially hired. However, Kondo was actually a man who sexually harassed his secretary, Keiko, making her work without underwear. He took a liking to Rie and distanced himself from Keiko. Keiko enlisted the help of the head of the secretarial department, Murakami, and plotted revenge against him. Kondo invited a powerful politician to Hakone and took Rie to a ryokan (traditional Japanese inn). There, he assaulted Rie.
Direction
Kobayashi's matter-of-fact framing makes the horror feel bureaucratic.
Production
Ryokan setting traps characters in traditional spaces of male power.
Director
Satoru Kobayashi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pink film (pinku eiga) often used salaryman settings to critique Japan's bubble-era corporate culture while delivering exploitation content.
Director Satoru Kobayashi was a prolific pink film veteran; this 2001 release came as the genre was being displaced by direct-to-video adult content.
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