TAKASHI ISHII: THE AGEL GUTS COLLECTION (LIMITED EDITION)

Takashi Ishii: The Angel Guts Collection

A collection of 5 films from 1979 to 1994 adapted from Takashi Ishii’s cult manga, all featuring new HD masters alongside a variety of bonus features in a limited edition digipack set with a booklet.

Angel Guts: Red Classroom 天使のはらわた 赤い教室 (1979)

Directed by Chusei Sone

When Muraki, a porn magazine editor, watches a blue film depicting a gang rape in a school, he becomes obsessed with the lead actress, leading him down a dark path into obsession.

Angel Guts: Nami 天使のはらわた 名美 (1979)

Directed by Noboru Tanaka

While investigating stories of rape for a magazine article, a determined but callous reporter becomes perversely aroused as she meets the women who are suffering through the horror of their experiences.

Angel Guts: Red Porno 天使のはらわた 赤い淫画 (1981)

Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda

Nami is a department store worker who agrees to stand in for a friend in a magazine photo shoot, which turns out to be for an S&M magazine. When the photos are published, she is sacked, her lover abandons her and her life turns upside down.

Angel Guts: Red Vertigo 天使のはらわた 赤い眩暈 (1988)

Directed by Takashi Ishii

Nami is a nurse and the unwilling object of her patients’ lust. When she is hit by a car whilst fleeing from the home of her unfaithful boyfriend, the driver of the car takes her as a sexual prisoner.

Angel Guts: Red Flash 天使のはらわた 赤い閃光 (1994)

Directed by Takashi Ishii

Nami is a photographer on the set of a porn film. When photographing a rape scene between a teacher and a schoolgirl, she becomes uncomfortable, having remembered a similar incident in her own past.

Limited edition set (2000 copies)

Includes a booklet by Midori Suiren

Disc 1:

Special Features:

・New Audio Commentary by Jasper Sharp

・Frankie Balboa Video Essay

・Two Archival Interviews with Takashi Ishii

・Original Trailer

Disc 2:

Angel Guts: Nami 天使のはらわた 名美 (1979)

Special Features:

・New Audio commentary by Jasper Sharp

・James Balmont Video Essay

・Archival Interview with Noboru Tanaka

・Original Trailer

Disc 3:

Red Porno 天使のはらわた 赤い淫画 (1981)

Red Vertigo 天使のはらわた 赤い眩暈 (1988)

Special Features:

・Red Vertigo Audio Commentary by Tom Mes

・Red Porno Audio Commentary by Samm Deighan

・Archival Interview with Toshiharu Ikeda

・Archival Interview with Takashi Ishii

・Original Trailers

Disc 4: Angel Guts: Red Flash 天使のはらわた 赤い閃光 (1994)

Special Features:

・Audio commentary by Jasper Sharpp

・Matthew Carter Video Essay

・Archival Interview with Takashi Ishii