Ryuuichi is a high-school student tired of living in a small town with small people. He's determined to claw his way to the top of Tokyo, and he'll use any woman he can to do it.
Direction
Ishiguro crafts claustrophobic tension in under an hour.
Writing
Ryuuichi's monologues are repulsive yet weirdly magnetic.
Production
Grimy Tokyo backgrounds that breathe 80s economic anxiety.
Director
Noboru Ishiguro
Kenyu Horiuchi
Ryuuichi Kaizu (voice)
Kazue Ikura
Keiko Kuroeda (voice)
Miho Yoshida
Hisayo Sumibishi (voice)
Yuko Sasaki
Sayako (voice)
Kenichi Ono
Yamada (voice)
Mari Yokoo
Fumie Naitō (voice)
Miyuki Ichijou
Toshiko Kaizu (voice)
Nobuyuki Furuta
Sakamaki (voice)
Osamu Saka
Naitō's Father (voice)
Shigeru Nakahara
Kirioka (voice)
Show Hayami
Hotta (voice)
Takkô Ishimori
Principal (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Kaizu's Father (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1980s 'ero-guro' OVA boom, when direct-to-video anime could explore taboos theatrical releases couldn't touch.
Noboru Ishiguro also directed Legend of the Galactic Heroes—same year, completely opposite energy.
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