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High Noon Ripper
Movie

High Noon Ripper

1984 • Unknown

Woke Score
3
out of 10

Plot

A female got viciously raped and killed. Aya, the publisher of a popular journal, and the professional photographer Kajii hurry to the location of the murder to make some photos for the news. The picture is awful as the murderer had cut the genitals out of his woman’s body. Aya get a tip from a photograph published in the journal, that was used by the fifteen years old person. Kajii prospects Shun to be the killer and starts following him with the help of his girlfriend. A couple of days later the maniac hits again. A new victim is Makiko, with whom Aya had lesbian sex and relationship. Their investigation for finding the killer leads them to a playground in which the first slay has had place. But who may be this High Noon Slasher and why is killing innocent girls.

Overall Series Review

The movie "High Noon Ripper" (*Mahiru no kirisakima*) is a 1984 Japanese *pink film* (erotic thriller) that centers on a female publisher, Aya, and her photographer colleague investigating a brutal serial killer. The narrative is driven by the crime and the explicit s*xual themes typical of its genre, featuring relentless s*xual acts and the depiction of women as hypers*xual. The core plot involves the main character investigating the murder of her former lesbian partner. The film's themes are dominated by s*xploitation and sensational crime, which do not align with the political frameworks of modern Western 'woke' ideology. Identity politics are absent due to the film's Japanese origin and focus on universal crime/s*xual themes. While the lead is a professional woman, the genre's exploitative nature undercuts a pure 'Girl Boss' message. The most notable element is the explicit inclusion of a central lesbian relationship that provides narrative motivation.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics2/10

As a 1984 Japanese film, the narrative does not engage with the vilification of "whiteness," forced diversity, or the specific intersectional hierarchy concerns defined in the category's framework, focusing instead on a universal crime narrative.

Oikophobia1/10

The film is an erotic crime thriller of Japanese origin. The plot contains no identifiable anti-Western sentiment, hostility toward Western civilization, or demonization of Western ancestors.

Feminism4/10

The female lead is a professional publisher and an investigator, suggesting a "Girl Boss" archetype, but the film's nature as a *pink film* includes hyper-s*xualization and depicts women as slaves to their s*xual inhibitions, which significantly counteracts a narrative of female empowerment through competence and de-s*xualization.

LGBTQ+8/10

A central plot point and source of motivation for the protagonist is the murder of her second victim, with whom the protagonist had an explicit lesbian relationship, making alternative sexuality a key element of the narrative structure.

Anti-Theism1/10

The movie is a crime and s*xual thriller with no focus on religious themes, hostility toward Christianity, or political lecturing on moral relativism; the serial killer's actions are treated as objective evil.