Violence at Noon
Original title: Hakuchû no tôrima
1966 · 1 h 39 min
Nagisa OshimaCast
Saeda Kawaguchi 
Akiko Koyama 
Kei Satō 
Rokkô Toura 
Fumio Watanabe 
Taiji Tonoyama
Credits
Written by: Taijun Takeda
Plot
Two young women must come to terms with a rapist and murderer who is also a friend of one, in a harsh Japanese drama.
Sinekatalog’s take
Nagisa Oshima's film, Hakuchu no torima, with Saeda Kawaguchi and Akiko Koyama, is jagged, experimental and disturbing.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,338 votes)
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