Mandara (1971)
Genre Drama
Movie Release Date 1971
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Running Time 132 mins
Format DVD-RIP
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.1
Cast
Shin Kishida
Kôji Shimizu
Hiroko Sakurai
Ryo Tamura
Crew
Director Akio Jissoji
Writer Toshirô Ishidô
Plot
The story, as far as I could figure from the jumbled subtitles, is about a group of strange modern Buddhists who gain followers by assaulting couples that the leader has been watching and raping the women. The couples then become members of the sect! The group spends time performing ceremonies and discussing esoteric philosophy. Then once again rape and beat some new woman or one that's already in the sect. This might be meaningful to Japanese audiences but I admit to being in the dark. Unfortunately, the rape scenes go on for extended periods of time and due to the confusing translation they leave a stronger impression then the dialog. It's also possible that the rape scenes just assured the film makers an audience for an otherwise esoteric film. Also the film is over 2 hours long!
Special Features
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Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Links IMDB
Edition Details
Format DVD-RIP
Region Any Region
Release Country Japan
TV System NTSC
No. of Disks/Tapes 1
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Single Layer