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Star of David: Hunting for Beautiful Girls [DVD]
Theatrical Release: October 27, 1979
DVD Release: March 31, 2009
Blu-ray Release: TBA
Director: Norifumi Suzuki
Writers: Masaaki Sato & Jiku Yamatoya
Rating: NR
Reviewer: Eric
This 1979 film is based on a manga by Masaaki Soto, Star of David: Hunting
for Beautiful Girls is the story of a young man named Tatsuya. Tatsuya is of
whose outward respectability covers his urges for rape and torture. Tatsuya goes
to find women and then brings them to his basement where he does some of the
most tortures acts you could imagine.
I am really having a hard time trying to write a review on this movie. What the
hell is wrong with me finding movies like this, messed up films that either are
too grotesque or borderline should never have been made. Star of David’s plot
just shouldn’t really be discussed yet at the same time I think you should know
about it. This way you can learn if watching this movie is a good idea or not.
There is no way you can praise cinema like this, there is a reason why this kind
of shit almost never sees the light of day for quite some time.
Like any movie in this nature you can expect some graphic parts without any
penetration. The lengthy torture and other sexual scenes are more than enough
for most but it seems like the director, Norifumi Suzuki, wants his viewers to
get the whole picture. I think Suzuki went too far at points and he makes the
film almost seem like a snuff movie, rather that something where he is trying to
get a point across.
Some of the movies extras try to make the movie seem like something that was
getting a point across, like I just said above. What in the hell is the point to
something like this? I don’t care what anyone on this DVD says this movie was
made to get manga fans excite and to shock. I think it was created more to get a
shock value, but in no way could I see this as being a teaching tool for
anything.
The film is presented in a 16:9 widescreen format with Japanese audio. There is
an option for English subtitles so that will help when you want to know what
they are saying. Trust me you don’t want to know what they are saying at times.
I think the overall production on this disc is pretty good, only a few parts
where you could hear picture noise. Other than that you can expect the usual
mid-DVD quality with graininess in dark places and colors that are not too
vibrant.
This disc also features a bunch of trailers for other movies. I never did get
around to watching these since I was scared they could have been more movies
like this. I did managed to get most of the way through the commentary with
Suzuki, but what was said in the interviews is elaborated here. Pretty much a
big yawn fest if you ask me.
There are two versions of this movie going around from what I heard. A double
sided discs contains all the featurettes plus the rated and unrated versions of
the film. The copy I have has one of the ladies from the film, holding a white
whip, with her tits exposed. Does the version I have contain the rated or
unrated? I don’t know and I don’t want to know or find out.
Final Verdict
For a movie based off of a manga I can say Star of David sucks. I hate what the
movie is about and I really dislike how it is put off to be a movie with a real
meaning to it. What is the fucking meaning behind a movie with content like
this? Unless you want to own one of the most vile films out there I would never
try to add this to a DVD collection.
Rating Breakdown
Movie: 0 out of 10
- It got released and people saw this piece of shit.
- There is nothing good about this movie.
Picture: 7 out of 10
+ Basic DVD release that isn’t all that bad looking.
- Darker scenes have graininess, but nothing too bad.
Audio: 7 out of 10
+ Decent job with the sound.
- The film makes some noises at a few points, kind of
annoying.
Extras: 2 out of 10
+ Only getting points for the nice looking DVD. Better than
the doubled sided one.
- Even though it has special features I would never point
them on.
Overall
3.20 out of 10
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