Hadaka no tenshi * Katsumune Ishida. * Writer. Yoshiko Akagi. * Tomoe Hiiro. Etsutaka Kasano. Daigo Kusano. Hadaka no tenshi (1981) - Release info - IMDb
裸の天使 Literal Translation: Naked Angel Director: [Uncertain / often uncredited in Western sources] Genre: Japanese Pink Film / Roman Porno / Erotic Drama hadaka no tenshi %281981%29
While specific plot details for this 1981 release are scarce in general records, the film is categorized as a drama. It should not be confused with other similarly titled works, such as: Hadaka no Tenshi (1950): An earlier black-and-white film directed by Norio Nakagawa. Fallen Angel (1981): Hadaka no tenshi * Katsumune Ishida
When Tetsuya accidentally kills a yakuza thug in a brawl, he decides to take Keiko hostage to escape. But as they flee through the neon-drenched alleyways and decaying apartment blocks of Shinjuku, the hostage-captor dynamic blurs. Keiko, whom Tetsuya mockingly calls an "angel" for her stubborn hope, begins to see the wounded man behind the criminal. The film’s title— Hadaka no Tenshi (Naked Angel)—refers to Keiko’s emotional and psychological nakedness: a soul stripped of defenses, exposed to the world's cruelty yet still glowing with a fragile, transcendent purity. * Tomoe Hiiro