Ecstasy of the Angels

Directed by Koji Wakamatsu

Drawing upon actual events, such as the raid on the Asaka military base by the Red Army Faction in 1971, in Ecstasy of Angels a militant revolutionary group begins to disintegrate, its members becoming increasingly paranoid and disillusioned.

With Ecstasy of Angels, Wakamatsu and his collaborator Masao Adachi proved once again to be the provocateurs of the era with another challenging film that combines the aesthetics of the underground with the imagery of the sex film to produce a potent political statement.

Duration:
104 minutes

Translated title:
Tenshi no kôkotsu

Languages:
Japanese

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Japan

Year of production:
1972

This screening has no adverts or trailers and starts at the advertised time