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Another nihilistic and disturbing Japanese horror film., 10 July 2005
8/10
Author: HumanoidOfFlesh from Chyby, Poland

Katsuya Matsumura's 1995 horror movie "Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case" is based on a true crime case of Japanese schoolgirl Junko Furuta.In November of 1988 four young men abducted and held Furuta for several weeks in the house of one of the captors.The girl was violently raped and subjected to torture and sexual degradation for example she was forced to masturbate.On 4th January 1989 four sadists beat her with an iron barbell,poured lighter fluid on her legs,arms,face and stomach and immolated her.She died later that day of shock and her mutilated corpse was hidden in an oil-drum filled with cement.Katsuya Matsumura of "All Night Long" series fame is possibly the most misanthropic Japanese film-maker."Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case" is an incredibly nihilistic and disturbing film loaded with scenes of sexual violence and abuse.This is an ugly and honest piece of Japanese exploitation that tells about man's barbarity and willing to torture,dominate and exploit the weaker.I can't wait to see Matsumura's newest horror film "Ki-re-i?".Watch this one at your own risk!

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Another Dull Japanese Rapey "Shocker"..., 25 July 2006
4/10
Author: EVOL666 from St. John's Abortion Clinic

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I think I've grown jaded to all these J-shock films over the years. I think if I'd have seen SCHOOLGIRL IN CEMENT a few years ago I may have rated it a bit higher - as it is, I found it relatively dull - especially coming from Katsuya Matsumura, Director of the far superior ALL NIGHT LONG series.

SCHOOLGIRL IN CEMENT is based on a true-crime story in Japan where three boys abduct, rape, torture, and eventually murder a schoolgirl.

Unfortunately, the film version of this case is pretty much just a cheap Japanese exploitation film in the vein of the type of material that Daisuke (MUZAN E) Yamanouchi and Tamakichi (PSYCHO: THE SNUFF REELS) Anaru put out - only minus the gore. Personally, I felt the film failed on the "shock" level, as all the sex is (expectedly) pixellated, and the "torture" scenes look pretty unconvincing. An "interesting" use of a lamp was the highlight of the film for me, though this was shown non-graphically as well. I would say that those that consider themselves shock-film completists should give this a look just to say you did - but I found it neither all that shocking nor interesting. Not the worst thing out there, but nothing special either. There is a 2004 film titled KONKURITO about the same case that I'd be interested to check out to see if this story could be told with more depth..4/10

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mildly amusing but unnecessary rape & murder tale, 28 July 2006
3/10
Author: Scott-from-Modesto (andrea_yates_clogged_drain@comcast.net) from United States

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Schoolgirl Encased in Cement is one of many over-hyped Japanese "extreme" videos I have seen in my life. I prefer stuff like Eat the Schoolgirl or the All Night Long flicks personally, but they actually have some substance to them and Konkurito doesn't.

If sleazy rape is your thing, prepare to be disappointed because although there's a large amount of it, there's absolutely no quality to the artistry of it. The guy that plays the lead rapist has enough of an insane on screen attitude to make some scenes a little more bearable, but that's about it. There's a little hard slapping that looks like it could have been painful for the actress involved and also a hot lamp stuck in the captive girl's privates which is unfortunately too bright to see and also pixelated (plus, it's done over panties). When the rapists are all over and done with their captive they put her in a 55 gallon drum and pour concrete on her, leaving only a tuft of hair when it's dried...more strong imagery like that would have been helpful, as would more competent direction and a more compelling story for a movie (supposedly this one is based on a true story).

Avoid this if you want anything other than a mildly rapey diversion, it's just not that good. The constant rape scenes are neither hot nor brutal enough to be effective--6/10.

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Rapeadelic!, 5 January 2007
Author: Rapeman from New Zealand

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Katsuya Matsumura's Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case is based on a series of events that took place in November of 1988 where schoolgirl Junko Furuta was abducted by 3 boys and held captive in one of their houses for 44 days. During this period she was raped repeatedly, beaten, set on fire, made to drink her own urine, had fireworks inserted into her ass and lit, and plenty of other..vile things.

The film opens with 2 of our ''leading men'' viciously raping a squawking girl while the other beats & kicks her boyfriend. It then cuts to individual scenes of each boy at his house ''interacting'' (read: punching & kicking) with his parents to show us how well adjusted they all are. Next we follow the fella's as they go cruising lookin' for another piece of @ss to rape, they find one and we are then privy to another drawn out rape scene. After a few minutes of filler (scenes of the boys at work, family life, etc), cut to the next night where we see the lads are on the prowl for yet another young lady to violate, they spy a cute schoolgirl riding her bike, so one rides up on his scooter, knocks her off her bike and keeps going, when he's gone the other appears and helps her up, and feigning helpfulness he proceeds to walk with her a while. Then he suddenly pushes her into and alley and.. can you guess what's coming? yep, he rapes her. (While the other lad watches and jerks off.) After the raping is done the 2 boys take her to their other friends house (where he lives with his parents) and let him have a bit of a rape too.

The rest of the films runtime is filled with lotsa long, drawn-out rapes and other debaucherous acts inflicted upon the captured schoolgirl - ie: setting her hair on fire, using her as a human punching bag, penetrating her with a lamp - which take place in the friend's house. The boy's parents know what's happening to the girl upstairs but are too scared of their son to do anything about it. Once his mother confronts him about it and he beats her senseless... so she doesn't ask again. In one scene they take the girl to a phone box and make her ring her parents and tell them she's run away but is staying with a friend and is in no danger, so the police won't get suspicious. After a particularly vicious beating, one boy drops an iron barbell on the girl (he was p!ssed cos he'd just lost a game of mah-jongg) which is instrumental in her death. The boys then take her corpse out to a desolate place, put it in a 55 gallon drum, proceed to fill it with concrete, then drive off laughing hysterically.

This is definitely a very grim and nihilistic film, although the constant overlong rape scenes can get a little boring, and overall there's very little ''substance'' or style to it - especially when compared to the same directors excellent All Night Long series. Still, it's worth a look for fans of ''extreme cinema'' or the All Night Long films. 7/10

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