Zoom In: Rape Apartments

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Zoom In: Rape Apartments

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Directed by Naosuke Kurosawa
Produced by Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Starring Yoko Azusa
Erina Miyai
Distributed by Nikkatsu (Japan)
Release date(s) Flag of Japan March 15, 1980
Running time 68 min.
Country Japan
Language Japanese
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Zoom In: Rape Apartments (ズームイン　暴行団地 Zoom In: Boukou Danchi?) (1980) is a violent pink film, and director Naosuke Kurosawa's debut work. It is an unofficial sequel to Koyu Ohara's Zoom Up: Rape Site, inspired by the success of that film. For Zoom In: Rape Apartments, Nikkatsu intentionally cut back on the extreme violence displayed in Ohara's earlier film. The surrealistic elements of the film, such as a scene in which liquid dripping from a woman's vagina bursts into flame upon hitting the ground, has led some to compare Kurosawa's style to that of Seijun Suzuki.[1]

The film inspired a series of films using the Zoom In/Zoom Up title, including Zoom Up: Woman From The Dirty Magazine (1980), Zoom Up: Sexual Crime Report (1981), Zoom Up: Genuine Look At A Stripper (1982), Zoom Up: Graduation Photos (1984), and Zoom Up: Special Masturbation (1986).[1]

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  1. ^ a b Weisser, Thomas; Yuko Mihara Weisser (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications, 526-527. ISBN 1-88928-852-7. 

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