This low-budget, student film out of Japan is quite a depressing and nihilistic watch. The first half is about a radical, left-wing group of young adults. Their leader has been jailed and his girlfriend has taken over. When they find out he committed suicide in prison, she goes violently insane and drags the rest of the group with her, resulting in a very graphic shotgun blast to the head, two castrations, a beheading, and a number of other vile, cruel, and disturbing scenes. That all said, it is still rather boring and seems pretty pointless, though I believe it was inspired by similar groups and events in Japan in the 70's.

I got this film a few weeks ago and have watched it all the way through twice. One thing I need confirming is: In the scene "Final madness" when she bites his penis... does she bite it off completely? I think I can see it in her mouth or it might be her tongue. I have had mixed answers on this. Oh yeah, another thing: Did anyone else think that when he puts the shotgun up her vagina, it looked like the gun wasn't actually in there? I mean if you look at the shot, the gun is pointing down and sort of below where you would expect the vagina to be, or maybe I'm looking at it wrong. Anyway, thanks in advance. Despite how it sounds, I am not obsessed by the gore in this film.

This was far and away one of the worst movies I've ever seen. it wasn't bad in a good way, it was bad in a very bad way. nonexistent plot, BORING up until the end. 2 hrs long full of over-stylized nonsense up until a completely disgusting finale. sure, if you like gore it has it, but you have to fast-forward through 1:30 of pointless dialogue and pretentious lens filters to get there. for example, WHY do we have to watch some guy get dressed for 3 minutes? WHY do we have to watch the group drive SLOWLY up a mountain with swirling camera views of the very pretty treetops? WHY are there like three scenes of the group eating noodles in silence? The mood was set from the very beginning--the filmmaker sadly decided to drive this mood home continuously with a parade of boring shots. this is what happens when filmmakers unsuccessfully try to fuse high art and splatter--an experiment tried often but rarely executed successfully. If you're thinking of renting this movie, just read the back of the box, save yr $5 and pretend you did.

this movie is as violent as it will get. if you really want to get rid of somebody, show it to them. except if they like watching people eating other people's brain out after having them tortured to death. but, IF you can stand it, its a great movie. it was first shown on a film festival with a good reputation, and like everybody walked out. afterwards, the director of the festival apologized in public and said that they had not seen the film before.among other things, kichiku shows some aspects of japan that maybe you did not realize before.