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similarly notes of the film, "any point which Rape! 25-ji Bokan may have is lost in the barrage of sickening violence". Director Hasebe denied any intention of allegory on his part, claiming that he did not use cinema in this way. He suggested that if such messages were in the film they had come from
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has a reputation as the most extreme of the series. Nervous about the film's graphic violence, Nikkatsu re-edited it before giving it a theatrical release. Nevertheless, the
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Nikkatsu hired Hasebe, though, realizing that he might push the envelope of acceptability, the studio assigned producer Ryōji Itō to watch over him. Hasebe had known Itō from his days with
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was "long-considered the most offensive, the most grotesque movie of all time." Hasebe later recalled with amusement that the studio had made a mistake in assigning producer Itō to watch over him, as this most extreme of their trio of "Violent Pink" films was Itō's favorite.
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