The Transgressor

Feb 16, 1974

1h 31m

★ 6.5

Overview

18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Maya Takigawa

Yumi Takigawa

Matsuko Ishida

Emiko Yamauchi

Hisako Kitano

Yayoi Watanabe

Natalie Green

Ryōko Ema

Tatsupei Kameda

Hachiro Tako

Tamao Oka

Harumi Tajima

Kaoru Onotsuka

Natsuko Yashiro

Janetto

Marie Antoinette

Youko Watanabe

Emi Jo

Emi Takanami

Rie Saotome

Mie Mitsuko

Sanae Ôhori

Michiko Shinohara

Kyouko Negishi

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