| Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed (1978) |
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| Director: | Chusei Sone |
| Writers: | Toshiharu Ikeda, Takashi Ishii, and Ryuusaku Shinsui |
| Starring: | Tatsuma Higuchi, Kenji Kasai, Megu Kawashima, and Machiko Ohtani |
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The Plot: Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed follows around a trio of bikers led by a rough and tumble young man named Kawashima. The gang is notorious for their brutal ways, and on average their day consists of attempted murder, rape, and whatever other foul deeds they manage to come up with. However, things begin to go awry for the group whenever Kawashima begins to develop a conscience. Between his little sister Megu, who is beginning to enter into adulthood, and his developing feelings for the group’s latest victim, a girl named Nami, Kawashima is actually beginning to leave behind his sociopathic ways. However, his partners aren’t feeling the exact same way – and a brutal conflict is stirring on the streets. Can Kawashima simply drop his former lifestyle, or will he pay for all of his wrongdoings? |
| The Review |
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High School Co-Ed is a film that defines the broad spectrum of good and evil. Sometimes one person inhabits both qualities, but more often than not it becomes difficult to gather who is more villainous than another. Ultimately, if you go into the movie expecting to find any single winner within the entire story, then you are bound to find nothing but disappointment. The little sister within the story, Megu, is easily the most obvious representation of absolute good. Within the context of the story, she seems to be the least corrupted. However, as soon as the audience catches a glimpse of her and sees the protection afforded to her by her big brother, we know that she is going to be devastated at some point. Nami is a character who plays the middle ground. This is an interesting development, since the Nami character is normally our lead protagonist within the Angel Guts series, but in this film she is only a supporting character who holds a little less impact on the overall plot. She comes across as someone more familiar with the nastiness of the world surrounding her and she develops a rather apathetic feeling towards life as the movie progresses. Kawashima is the most complex of all the characters. His actions near the beginning of our story show him to be the embodiment of evil, but we soon find out that this character is just as human as his victims. He fears for his little sister and his past sins seem incapable of allowing him to find love on his own. He is a demented, but rather sad, character.
| The Conclusion |
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