Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness!

Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness!
Theatrical poster for Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness! (2002)
Directed by	Yutaka Ikejima[1]
Written by	Kyōko Godai
Starring	Hotaru Hazuki
Music by	Ichimi Ōba
Cinematography	Shōji Shimizu
Editing by	Shōji Sakai
Studio	Cement Match
Distributed by	Shintōhō
Release date(s)	March 29, 2002
Running time	62 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness! (猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！, Waisetsu Sutōkaa: Kurayami de Idaite!^?) is a 2002 Japanese pink film in the suspense genre, directed by Yutaka Ikejima. It was chosen as the eighth best pink release of the year, and lead actress Hotaru Hazuki was given a Best Actress award at the Pink Grand Prix ceremony.^[2]

Synopsis

Natsuki is a blind girl on whose testimony Takechi investigates the murder of her friend Yōko.^[3]

Cast

• Hotaru Hazuki as Natsuki Hoshino^[4]
• Noriko Masaki (真咲紀子) as Yōko Nagashima
• Birei (美麗) as Mizuno's mother
• Yūya Ishikawa (石川雄也) as Takechi
• Kōji Irie (入江浩治) as Yūichi Mizuno
• Kazu Itsuki (樹かず) as Young man
• Shōko Iroka (色華昇子) as Kei
• Guriko Yamanote (山ノ手ぐり子) as Other woman
• Hiroyuki Kawasaki (かわさきひろゆき) as Inspector Hasegawa

Availability

2003 DVD release of Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness!, showing the English title

Yutaka Ikejima filmed Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness! for his own Cement Match production company, and it was released theatrically in Japan by Shintōhō on March 29, 2002.^[1] Max-A's release of Obscene Stalker: It Holds in Darkness! to home video in VHS format on its Gash label, on February 18, 2003 shows the film's English title.^[5] Shintōhō gave the film a second theatrical release on August 9, 2005 under the title Super Obscene Mystery: Stalker in the Darkness (超わいせつミステリー　暗闇のストーカー, Chō Waisetsu Misuterii: Kurayami no Sutōkaa^?).^[6]

References

Bibliography

• "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！" (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/3131. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
• "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2002/dz001150.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 

External links

• 猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！ at Shin-Toho (Official site)
• 猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！ at XCity

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！" (in Japanese). Japanese Cinema Database (Agency for Cultural Affairs). http://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/details/3131. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
2. ^ "Best Ten of 2002 (２００２年度ベストテン)" (in Japanese). P*G Website. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/award/2002.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
3. ^ "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！" (in Japanese). www.av-database.com. http://www.av-database.com/item_143828.html. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
4. ^ "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！" (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2002/dz001150.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
5. ^ "猥褻ストーカー　暗闇で抱いて！ 【VHS】" (in Japanese). www.arzon.jp. http://www.arzon.jp/item_317744.html. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
6. ^ "2005: 新版作品" (in Japanese). P.G. Web Site. http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~p-g/data/2005/newmovie2005.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 

Preceded by Private Lessons: Home Teacher's Breast

Pink Grand Prix 8th Best Film 2002

Succeeded by The Girl Next Door: Taste of Short Steps