Ecstasy of the Angels

Ecstasy of the Angels
Ecstasy of the Angels
Directed by	Kōji Wakamatsu
Written by	Izuru Deguchi
Produced by	Wakamatsu Productions
Starring	Ken Yoshizawa; Rie Yokoyama; Yuki Arasa; Masao Adachi; Michio Akiyama; Yosuke Akiyama; Susumu Iwabuchi;
Music by	Yōsuke Yamashita Trio
Distributed by	ATG
Release date	March 31, 1972;
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Ecstasy of the Angels (天使の恍惚, Tenshi no kōkotsu) is a later, more political, pink film directed by Kōji Wakamatsu.

Plot summary

The movie focuses on the actions of a revolutionary movement. One faction, with a leader called October, breaks into a US weapons depot and takes cases of hand bombs. While escaping, several soldiers are killed and October is blinded by the blast from a mishandled case of bombs. The movement's highest authority deems October unfit and sends Winter's February, leader of another faction, to take October's remaining bombs through any means necessary. This causes October and his soldiers to undergo a shift in their approach. One by one, the members start to take matters into their own hands.